Object Details
- Label Text
- Worn by very young girls, this very small apron form reappears in the front bottom fringe of a married woman's rectangular apron. It is a simple rectangle worn in front; it may also be accompanied by a beaded backskirt.
- Description
- Apron composed of a narrow rectangular beaded panel in geometric motif with a fringe of twisted cord ending with white glass beads.
- Provenance
- Norman and Susan Priebatsch, -- to 1977
- Chaim and Renee Gross, New York, 1978 to 1983
- Exhibition History
- TxtStyles: Fashioning Identity, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., June 11-December 7, 2008
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- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Maker
- Ndebele artist
- Date
- Late 20th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Chaim Gross
- Medium
- Cloth, plant fiber, glass beads
- Dimensions
- H x W: 32.2 x 19.1 cm (12 11/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Textile and Fiber Arts
