id:			456940
accession number:	2022.49
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.49
updated:		2024-03-26 02:02:20.673000

Ceremonial beadwork for a Xhosa royal woman: headdress (umnqwazi), pendant, breast cover (incebetha), pair of anklets (izitsaba), 1800s. Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa, Southeast Cape Region, Unknown female Xhosa-style maker(s). Glass beads, sinew, hide, ceramic; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Trust 2022.49

title:				Ceremonial beadwork for a Xhosa royal woman: headdress (umnqwazi), pendant, breast cover (incebetha), pair of anklets (izitsaba)
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creation date:			1800s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1899
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creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Trust
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culture:	Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa, Southeast Cape Region, Unknown female Xhosa-style maker(s)
technique:	Glass beads, sinew, hide, ceramic
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Mixed Media
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PROVENANCE

	(Axis Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 2022
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2022–
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CITATIONS

	Pemberton, John. <em>African Beaded Art: Power and Adornment</em>. Northampton, Mass: Smith College Museum of Art, 2008.
	page number: 	pp. 170–172
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