| Catalog Number |
CAS 0544-0004 |
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| Category |
Bead & Leatherwork |
| Object Name |
Pubic apron |
| Culture |
Ndebele |
| Global Region |
Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Country |
South Africa |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
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| County |
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| Other Geographic
Data |
Southern Transvaal, Loskop area |
| Maker's Name |
Unknown |
| Date of Manufacture |
ca. 1970s |
| Collection Name |
N/A |
| Materials |
Canvas cloth; Glass and plastic beads; String |
| Description |
Pubic apron worn by very young girls and boys; Apron consists of small rectangular canvas panel which is fully beaded on front with geometric pattern in translucent aqua and yellow and opaque black, white, and orange beads and framed on all four edges in blue beads; Pair of leather thongs is attached to back of apron for tying around waist; Approximately 150 short string fringes are suspended from beaded panel, and each fringe is looped at the end and strung with 4 to 6 white or blue beads. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Width = 15.5, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 12.0 |