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Woman’s Back Skirt (Isithimba)

Ndebele, 1969

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Ndebele

Woman’s Back Skirt (Isithimba)

Ndebele, 1969

Physical Qualities Goatskin, colored opaque glass beads, translucent glass beads, metal, cloth, string, plastic twine, 1990.204a: 25 13/16 × 27 15/16 in. (65.5 × 71 cm.) 1990.204b: 20 1/2 × 26 in. (52 × 66 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Caroline Popper, Baltimore
Object Number 1990.204a-b
detachable fringe

Culture

Ndebele

2000–2000

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