General
General
Object Auto ID
22739
Alternate Codes
objectautoid_sahrisv1_28993
Common Name
spoon bag
Local Name
iponshi
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

Rectangular purse woven from plant fibre and open at one narrow end. Covered at top with a panel of openwork beadwork with fringes of "Jobs Tears" (botanically, Coix lacryma-jobi) seeds and another similar panel just below the centre line.

Related Object(s)
Johannesburg Art Gallery Collection
Current Owner/Responsible Custodian
Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG)
Description
Technique Types
Weaved
Beadwork
Colours
Brown
Red
White
Green
Blue
Grey
Black
Yellow
Measurement Type Unit Value
History
Object Age Comment
mid 20th century
Cultural Association
Zulu
Production Place
KwaZulu-Natal
Place of Use
KwaZulu-Natal
Collector Comment
Bodenstein
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
Site Association
x y z
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