Ndebele
Married Woman’s Ceremonial Apron (tshogholo)
Ndebele, 1933-1966
Scroll
Ndebele
Married Woman’s Ceremonial Apron (tshogholo)
Ndebele, 1933-1966
Physical Qualities
Goatskin, glass beads, cotton thread, 28 3/4 × 21 5/8 in. (73 × 55 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Caroline Popper, Baltimore
Object Number
1991.365
Opaque beads are white, blue, and black; translucent beads are yellow, green, red, and orange.
Rigid roll at top has blue diagonal line flanked by red rectangle. Fringe of white attached to edge of skin under rigid roll. White ground with central design in orange and green outlined in black. Design is central large rectangle flanked top and bottom by 2 short strips connected to bands. 2 short strips on ends of bands connect to short bands. Whole central design flanked on sides by rectangle and upside down 'v', green and orange on one side and blue and red on the other. 5 white panels edge of central one is outlined on part of sides by blue, red and orange.
Collected by the donor in South Africa in the early 1980s.
Frederick J. Lamp, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Ndebele Beadwork: High Culture on the Run," Oct. 2, 1990 - Jan. 13, 1991.
Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.50, ill.
