Unmarried Woman’s Apron (Ipepetu)
Ndebele, 1933-1999
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Unmarried Woman’s Apron (Ipepetu)
Ndebele, 1933-1999
Physical Qualities
Canvas, goatskin, glass beads (white, royal and navy blue, translucent and solid green, clear, black, pink), cotton thread, 14 9/16 x 17 11/16 in. (37 x 45 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Caroline Popper, Baltimore
Object Number
1991.357
Top is not beaded. White ground, house plans in color on bottom third of garment. White rectangles, triangles, and 3 color triangles on canvas ground above house plans. Garment outlined on edges with green and and pink on top of side edges and white on bottom of side edges, and blue on bottom edge.
Collected by donor in South Africa in the early 1980's.
