Xikhigelo
Metadata
Xikhigelo
[ Source of title : Nessa Leibhammer using JAG materials ]
Object
JAG 1987-3-61
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. Two lugs project from underneath of upper transverse section. Vertical support consisting of three columns. The lower ends of these rest on a bilobal base. 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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