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Zulu

Rear Loin Covering (Ubheshwana)

Zulu, 1932-1976

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Zulu

Rear Loin Covering (Ubheshwana)

Zulu, 1932-1976

Physical Qualities Glass beads, yarn, plastic thread, cotton thread, 9 5/8 × 14 15/16 in. (24.5 × 38 cm.) (with ties extended): 9 5/8 × 51 3/16 in. (24.5 × 130 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Caroline Popper, Baltimore
Object Number 1990.211
concentric triangles, serrated edges
Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.129, 130, ill.

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