Costume for a Diviner's Acolyte (umkhwetha)
Artist
Xhosa artists
Datebefore 1966
MediumCloth, glass beads, shells, goat skin, goat gallbladder, cowhide, cow horn, brass, plastic, leather, wood, mother-of-pearl buttons
Dimensionsvarious dimensions
ClassificationsNatural Substances
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina, by exchange
Object number2000.7.2/1-69
On View
Not on viewPublished ReferencesJoan A. Broster, The Tembu: Their Beadwork, Songs, and Dances (Cape Town: Purnell, 1976), illus. (color) 82b.
Rebecca Martin Nagy, "Rare Costumes from South Africa Expand Scope of Collections," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview and Calendar of Events (Jan/Feb 2001), 14, illus. (b-w) and detail (b-w).
Mary Ellen Soles, "Accent on Africa: Recent Acquisitions of African Art," Preview: The Magazine of the North Carolina Museum of Art (March/April 2003), briefly discussed 8-9.
Gary van Wyk, "Illuminated Signs: Style and Meaning in the Beadwork of the Xhosa-and Zulu-speaking Peoples," African Arts 36, no. 3 (Autumn 2003), detail (color) 20.
Rebecca Martin Nagy and Dennis P. Weller, entry for Costume for a Diviner's Acolyte (Umkhwetha), in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 134, illus. (color) 135.
Exhibition HistoryEast London, South Africa, East London Museum, July 1984-March 1985; King William's Town, South Africa, Kaffrarian Museum, October 1, 1985-March 26, 1986.
Chicago, IL, "Save the Children," Museum of Science and Industry, February 1989.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Accent on Africa: Recent Acquisitions of African Art," April 6-August 10, 2003, brochure no. 7, illus. (b-w).
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 30, 2023-December 9, 2024.
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