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[ Source of title : Nessa Leibhammer using JAG materials ]

Material Designation

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Photographic image

Institutional Identifier

JAG 1987-3-1

Descriptions and Notes

Description [Source - Debra Pryor for FHYA, 2022, using spreadsheet created by Nessa Leibhammer for SAHRIS, from JAG materials in 2015: Object description: A fluted leg that flares out at its base at either end. Flat crossbar projects over leg ends to end in a strip of 6 rounded pleats. Above legs on the top of the crossbar are triangular designs with their tops pointing inwards and joined. They are slightly raised above the crossbar plane. Truncated inverted roughly cylindrical projection from underside of crossbar bar. Crack in leg. Object form type: Headrest; Object material type: Wood; Technique: Carved; Colours: Brown; Object age: late 19th/early 20th century; Production place: Swaziland; Cultural association: Swazi; Place of use: Swaziland; Provenance: Collected at Elim, Transvaal c1930.]

Events
Event Actor Event Type Event Date Event Description
Five Hundred Year Archive (FHYA) Online curation 2022 - Digital image by Nessa Leibhammer
South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRIS) Digitisation c.2015
Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) Custody 1993 -
Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) Making 1993
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