DepartmentTextiles-Africa

inyoga (bride's train)

NameBride's train (Inyoga)

CultureNdzundza Ndebele

Dateca. 1950

Place madeTransvaal, South Africa, Africa

Mediumglass beads, thread

DimensionsOverall: 59 1/16 x 9 13/16 in. (150 x 25 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Girard Foundation Collection, Museum of International Folk Art, A.1982.30.540

Object numberA.1982.30.549

Collections

Africa.

DescriptionBeaded. Mostly white with blue, red, tan, black, green. Geometric design at top and bottom. Bottom also decorated with open spaces. Three truncated triangles at bottom edge. Double strand beads at top.

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