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Zulu

Rear Loin Covering (Ubheshwana)

Zulu, 1900-1999

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Zulu

Rear Loin Covering (Ubheshwana)

Zulu, 1900-1999

Physical Qualities Colored translucent glass beads, plastic beads, yarn, seeds, thread, 9 13/16 × 9 13/16 × 1/4 in. (25 × 25 × 0.7 cm.) (with ties extended): 9 13/16 × 43 5/16 × 1/4 in. (25 × 110 × 0.7 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Caroline Popper, Baltimore
Object Number 1990.212
concentric diamond pattern, seeds in fringe
Levinsohn, Rhoda and Barbara LaVine, ed., Art and craft of Southern Africa: treasures in transition, Craighall: Delta Books, 1984, pp. 82-111.

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2000–2000

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