Xikhigelo
Metadata
Xikhigelo
[ Source of title : Nessa Leibhammer using JAG materials ]
Object
JAG 1987-3-79
Description [Source - Debra Pryor for FHYA, 2022, using spreadsheet created by Nessa Leibhammer for SAHRIS, from JAG materials in 2015: Object description: Recangular crossbar curved and decorated near the narrow ends with a row of small zig-zags carved in relief. Lugs are half cylinders running from front to back. Two roughly rectangular pillars with broader parts facing sides carved front and back into a series of horizontal rounded corrugations, alternately blackened. Two open front-facing arches extend out from almost the top to near the bottom of the outer sides. Inside the pillars are connected by five horizontal roughly cylindrical bars. Base is flat ovoid with a square piece cut out of centre front and back. Blackened. 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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