Ndebele
Initiated Woman’s Back Skirt (Isithimba)
Ndebele, 1964
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Ndebele
Initiated Woman’s Back Skirt (Isithimba)
Ndebele, 1964
Physical Qualities
Goatskin, colored opaque glass beads, colored translucent glass beads, metal, pink and blue plastic beads, cloth, string, 28 3/4 × 31 1/2 in. (73 × 80 cm.)
(With ties extended): 28 3/4 × 60 5/8 in. (73 × 154 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Caroline Popper, Baltimore
Object Number
1990.203
stepped triangles and herringbone patterns
Frederick J. Lamp, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Ndebele Beadwork: High Culture on the Run," Oct. 2, 1990 - Jan. 13, 1991.
