DepartmentAfrica

Daily Life Story

NameWall hanging

CultureSouth Africa

Date2010

Place madeSoshanguve, Gouteng Province, SOUTH AFRICA, Southern Africa, AFRICA

MediumCotton

Dimensions42 15/16 × 44 5/16 in. (109 × 112.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase, MNMF

Object numberA.2020.18.3

DescriptionEmbroidered on a black, cotton background, in leaf, closed buttonhole, back, and herring bone stitiches. Depicts daily life including; homes with traditional Nedeble designs; women in Western garb cooking, grinding grain, sweeping, washing clothes in a tub, hanging wash on lines, and tending to corn and flowers; one woman in traditional dress carries a water jar onher head; a lone man in the compound siting; a barbed wire fence keeps out cattle; on the left, lower edge pick up truck contrasts the horse pulled cart on the right; and a well, powered by a windmill, fills a tank with water.