Ngwane
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Wedding Cape (Isibheklane)
INV-1469
Ngwane
KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaBefore 1930
Wedding Cape (Isibheklane)
Ngwane KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa →africanArts of Africangwanasouth africantextileneedlework (visual works)
Date
Before 1930
Medium
Seventeen layers of cotton and rayon, plain weaves; some fulled; plain weave self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats; and plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; printed; beaded with cotton and glass beads; embellished with brass buttons and cotton and polyester cords
Dimensions
79.6 × 92.2 cm (31 1/4 × 36 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Hugh Leander and Mary Trumbull Adams Memorial Endowment
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