R2,000 - R2,500
R1,800
AN NTWANE/PEDI WOMAN'S FRONT APRON (thetho), SOUTH AFRICA, 20th CENTURY
made from goat skin worn with the fur inside, the outer visible side is dyed with ochre or mud and worked into an overall pattern, attached small, beaded leather shapes, white bead trim along the lower edge. Together with the back apron indicates the status of the woman in her back apron, indicate that she is married
height 92cm
Nettleton, Anitra, Catalogue of University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, Johannesburg,1988, Fig S68
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