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- Museum number
- Af1979,01.5160
- Description
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Woman's pubic-cover 'inkciyo' of beaded hide of 'swallowtail' form.
- Production date
- 19thC late
- Dimensions
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Height: 35 centimetres
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Width: 14 centimetres
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Depth: 0.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- For further information on the costume worn by Xhosa women of high status see: Giblin, J., & Spring, C., 2016, ‘South Africa: the art of a nation’. London, Thames and Hudson, pp 146-157
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- fair
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1979,01.5160