Costume for a Diviner's Acolyte (umkhwetha)
Artist
Xhosa artists
Datebefore 1966
Associated withAfrica
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
On viewProvenanceCollection 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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