DepartmentTextiles-Africa

Irari (married woman's blanket)

NameBlanket

CultureNdzundza Ndebele

Dateca. 1970

Place madeTransvaal region, South Africa, Africa

MediumWool, glass beads, thread

Dimensions150 1/8 × 106 × 3/8 in. (381.2548 × 269.2405 × 1.016 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase, A.2012.65.1

Object numberA.2012.65.1

Collections

Beadwork

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.