Artist
Unknown African
CultureNdebele peoples
Titles
- Married Woman's Ceremonial Apron, Mapoto
Date1895–1905
PlaceSouth Africa, Africa
MediumLeather, beads
DimensionsOverall: 21 1/2 × 19 × 1/2 in. (54.6 × 48.3 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1508
Not on view
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Department
African Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: There is a label on the plexiglass: "Jocolo Married womans apron--Africa".
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Unknown African
1900–1950
Leather, glass beads, and brass rings
86.305
Unknown African
1900–1950
Leather, glass beads, and brass rings
86.304
Bob Mackie
c. 1989
Silk, bugle beads, paillettes, seed beads, large beads, and rhinestones
98.502
Zandra Rhodes
c. 1989
Silk, metallic thread, bugle beads, and glass seed beads
98.500
Karl Lagerfeld
1984–1985
Polyester, rayon lining, bugle beads, sequins, seed beads, paste gems, metallic embroidery thread, and metallic coil
2000.500
Maison Lesage
1989
Silk moiré, leather appliqué, velvet ribbon, satin ribbon, gold thread, silk twist, and bugle beads
95.532.A,.B