Xikhigelo archive file
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Xikhigelo archive file
[ Source of title : Nessa Leibhammer using JAG materials ]
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JAG 1987-3-60
Description [Source - Debra Pryor for FHYA, 2022, using spreadsheet created by Nessa Leibhammer for SAHRIS, from JAG materials in 2015: Object description: Rectangular crossbar curved and decorated with a line of incised triangles near narrow ends. Lugs are open arches facing front. Single rectangular pillar titled to roughly 45 degrees from vertical to form a diagonal line between crossbar and base. Decorated with a panel of parallel pleats. Supported by two short, circular pillars, one from the base and the other from the crossbar. Base is two flat circles joined by a rectangular bar 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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