DepartmentAfrica

Beaded cross figure with AIDS ribbon

NameCloth Sculpture

Maker Lobolile Ximba

CultureZulu

Date2010

Place madeKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Africa

MediumWood, cotton, glass beads, hair

Dimensions20 1/16 × 17 1/8 × 3 9/16 in. (51 × 43.5 × 9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase with funds from the Barbara Lidral bequest, A.2014.15.4

Object numberA.2014.15.4

Collections

Africa.

DescriptionBlue fabric covered cross with white beaded J at the top. Below, with hands attached to the arms of the cross, is a beaded figure wearing a white and red AIDS ribbon around its neck. The figure wears a long, horizontally beaded skirt of green, yellow, red, black, green and yellow. It has black cotton face with beaded features, and has actual hair.