Beaded hat (Translation)
inkehli/ isicholo (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

1940s
Zulu
cotton, glass beads, fiber
Place Made,South Africa,kwaMaphumalo region,kwaZulu-Natal
2013.196h

This dramatic outfit (2013.196a-l) was worn by a Zulu woman of high standing in the Maphumulo region, a rural area in today’s province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Zulu women usually bead their own attire, but as the date for her wedding approaches, her sisters or friends might help.

Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams fund
© artist or artist’s estate

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