Apron Item Number: 2790/2 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Beaded hide apron with straight top and five scalloped panels hanging along the bottom. Brass ring trim at edge of waist flap. The lower front is divided into 5 hanging panels of varied length, with a small tab at each side. Beaded motifs in green, blue, pink, brown, and red in a white background include bands along the top, a house with a cross on the roof in the centre, and a Z and a cross on the central hanging panel.
History Of Use
The jocolo, or ijogolo, is typically shaped with four or five hanging panels, alluding to children. This type of apron is worn by married women who have borne children, to celebrate the fact.
Item History
- Made in South Africa
- Owned by Lawrence Feuchtwanger before March 3, 2010
- Received from Lawrence Feuchtwanger (Donor) on March 3, 2010
What
- Name
- Apron
- Identification Number
- 2790/2
- Type of Item
- apron
- Material
- animal skin, glass, brass metal and cotton fibre
- Overall
- height 60.0 cm, width 51.0 cm, depth 2.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Ndebele
- Previous Owner
- Lawrence Feuchtwanger
- Received from
- Lawrence Feuchtwanger (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- South Africa
When
- Ownership Date
- before March 3, 2010
- Acquisition Date
- on March 3, 2010
Other
- Item Classes
- beadwork; textiles
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 2790/0002