Ndebele Backskirt - 3352
Price: $995.00
The thimba, or backskirt, of a young Ndbele woman from South Africa, is made of goatskin, or in later years canvas, and decoratively beaded. It would have been worn suspended from a beaded hoop with a grass core and was an indicator of being of marriageable age. Predates the 1950's. 21 x 27 1/2 inches (box 12)
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