Object Details
- Label Text
- The jocolo, or five-paneled apron, is worn by married women on ceremonial occasions. A bride receives her first jocolo from her future husband. She wears it unbeaded for several months of marriage, after which her mother-in-law generally beads her a richly decorated one.
- Description
- Rectangular heavy cloth apron with five finger-like flaps on the bottom, and a background of white glass beads with house motifs in predominantly green and blue glass beads. The top edge is rolled over bundled plant fiber and decorated with multi-colored glass beads.
- Provenance
- Norman and Suzanne Priebatsch, collected Dennilton area, South Africa, -- to 1978
- Mr. and Mrs. Chaim Gross, 1978 to 1983
- Exhibition History
- Art and History Gallery at the Corning Museum, Corning, NY, April 7, 1995-November 22, 1998
- Beaded Splendor, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., June-October 9, 1994
- Published References
- Geary, Christraud M. and Andrea Nicolls. 1994. Beaded Splendor. Exhibition booklet. Washington, D.C.: National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, no. 19.
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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
- Glass beads, cloth, plant fiber
- Dimensions
- H x W: 63.5 x 51 cm (25 x 20 1/16 in.)
- Type
- Textile and Fiber Arts
