Object Details
- Description
- Rectangular reed mat with double beaded border. White inner border with multi-colored geometric motifs and solid white outer border.
- Provenance
- Norman and Suzanne Priebatsch,collected Pretoria area, South Africa, to 1978
- Mr. and Mrs. Chaim Gross, New York, 1978 to 1983
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- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Maker
- Ndebele artist
- Date
- Mid 20th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Chaim Gross
- Medium
- Reed, glass beads
- Dimensions
- H x W: 42.75 x 26.375 cm (16 13/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
- Type
- Textile and Fiber Arts
