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Irari (married woman's blanket)
Irari (married woman's blanket)
Irari (married woman's blanket)

Irari (married woman's blanket)

Dateca. 1970
Place madeTransvaal region, South Africa, Africa
MediumWool, glass beads, thread
Dimensions106 X 150.1 X 0.4
Classifications(Classification Not Used)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase, A.2012.65.1
Object numberA.2012.65.1
DescriptionA blanket with flippable beadworks attached to it. The fabric of the blanket is of purple, yellow, blue, red, and green. Only one edge of the rectangular beadwork of motifs in various colors is attached to the blanket that each beadwork can be flipped over.
On View
Not on view
Beaded pouch
Artist unrecorded
mid 20th century
Married woman's skirt
Mary Padar Kuojok Athac
ca. 2012
Staff Sheath (ewu)
mid-20th cent.
Moccasins
c. 1890
Married woman's waist beads
Mary Padar Kuojok Athac
ca. 2012
Embroidered blanket
Mid-20th Century
Married woman's headpiece
Mary Padar Kuojok Athac
ca. 2012