Ndebele
Bridal Train (nyoga)
Ndebele, 1979-1988
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Ndebele
Bridal Train (nyoga)
Ndebele, 1979-1988
Physical Qualities
Glass beads (white, royal blue, black, pearl, pink, purple, blue, and green; translucent green, purple, turquoise, and light blue), cotton thread, metal, 71 7/16 × 6 5/16 in. (181.5 × 16 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Caroline Popper, Baltimore
Object Number
1991.371
Strap is bands of white beads, with black and color beads on each end, connected by strands of black, color, black beads. Below strap is rigid gold colored band with diagonal rows of black, pearl, translucent blue and purple. Train is white ground with blocks of color outlined in black and forming house designs.
Collected by the donor in South Africa in the early 1980's.
Frederick J. Lamp, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Ndebele Beadwork: High Culture on the Run," Oct. 2, 1990 - Jan. 13, 1991.
