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Ensemble for a Female Diviner (igqirakazi)
Ensemble for a Female Diviner (igqirakazi)

Ensemble for a Female Diviner (igqirakazi)

Datebefore 1966
Associated withAfrica
MediumCloth, glass beads, porcupine quills, roots, seeds, monkey skin, monkey fur, jackal fur, cow hair, goat skin, bushbuck horn, reedbuck horn, canine teeth, calabash, brass, copper, wood, and mother-of-pearl buttons
DimensionsVarious dimensions
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina, by exchange
Object number2000.7.1/1-155
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCollection Joan A. Broster, ca. 1952-66 until 1986; collection Lionel Finneran 1986; collection Marion Finneran, 1989; with Axis Gallery, New York, 1997; purchased by NCMA 2000.
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