Xikhigelo archive file
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Xikhigelo archive file
[ Source of title : Nessa Leibhammer using JAG materials ]
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JAG 1987-3-19
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 pattern in two rows at either end of upper section. Anthropomorphic vertical support with symmetrical abstracted arms, two necks and two torsos resting on a bilobal base with central projecting section between the two lobes front and back. Vertical pattern centrally positioned on the two 'torso-like' sections. 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 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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