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Wedding Day Cape (isikoti)
Wedding Day Cape (isikoti)

Wedding Day Cape (isikoti)

Artist Unknown
Date1960s
Associated withAfrica
MediumFabric, thread, and beads
Dimensions40 x 35 in. (101.6 x 88.9 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Julianna Simmons
Object number2017.20.18
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceDavid Roberts (dealer), South Africa; sold to William B. Simmons, New York, NY, n.d.; given to daughter Julianna Simmons, New York, NY, n.d.; given to NCMA 2017.
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