Inkciyo yentombi

Title: Inkciyo yentombi
Subject: Beadwork
Subject: Genital girdle
Date Issued: 1954-07-01
Date: 1954-07-01
Date: 2023-09-01
Type: realia
Type: Personal adornment
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/8554
Identifier: vital:68012
Description: Inkciyo yentombi, a genital girdle of a maiden, an ornate apron of flat bead strip, and three rows of bead fringes supported by two rows of brass washers threaded on goat skin thongs. These washers are handed down by a grandmother to her fovourite granddaughter usually at puberty and the girdle is worn until the menopause stage.
Description: Purchased from Mrs Joan Broster
Description: Forms part of: Walter Sisulu University Beadwork Collection
Format: image/jpeg
Format: 1 digital, JPG file, color
Language: English
Relation: Still image Inkciyo yentombi or genital girdle: brass washers, cloth, glass beads, pearls and goat skin. White, black, navy, and red in colour Original is in good condition Walter Sisulu University
Rights: For research purposes only. Physical item and JPG file is available on request for research purposes via zmadyibi@wsu.ac.za
Rights: Walter Sisulu University

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