Xikhigelo
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Xikhigelo
[ Source of title : Nessa Leibhammer using JAG materials ]
Object
JAG 1987-3-18
Description [Source - Debra Pryor for FHYA, 2022, using spreadsheet created by Nessa Leibhammer for SAHRIS, from JAG materials in 2015: Object description: Upper transverse plane curved up at either end with carved patens in two square sections at either end of upper section. Anthropomorphic vertical support with symmetrical abstracted arms, two necks and two arms emerging from a single central torso rest on a lozenge-shaped base. The torso section is decorated with horizontal and vertical grooved patterns. Object form type: Headrest; Object material type: Wood; Technique: Carved; Colours: Brown; Object age: late 19th/early 20th century; Production place: Transvaal (now Limpopo Province); Cultural association: Transvaal Tsonga; Place of use: Transvaal (now Limpopo Province); Provenance: Collected at Elim, Transvaal c1930.]
Event Actor | Event Type | Event Date | Event Description |
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Five Hundred Year Archive (FHYA) | Online curation | 2022 - | Digital image supplied by Nessa Leibhammer |
South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRIS) | Digitisation | c.2015 | Digital image made for The South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA). Metadata compiled by JAG's ex-curator Nessa Leibhammer for the SAHRIS database |
Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) | Custody | 1993 - | JAG purchased this object from Reverend A. A. Jaques |
Anglo American Johannesburg Centenary Trust | Donation | [19-?] | |
Anglo American Johannesburg Centenary Trust | Purchase | [19-?] | |
Reverend A. A. Jaques | Collection | [19-?] | |
No attribution | Making | late 19th/early 20th century |
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