Xikhigelo
Metadata
Xikhigelo
[ Source of title : Nessa Leibhammer using JAG materials ]
Object
JAG 1987-3-68
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. Lugs project from underneath of upper transverse section. Vertical support consisting of two columns, with horizontal grooves on their outside surfaces. The lower ends rest on a rectangular base with rounded edges. 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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