- 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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