Xikhigelo archive file
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Xikhigelo archive file
[ Source of title : Nessa Leibhammer using JAG materials ]
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JAG 1987-3-88
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 near the narror ends with a row of zig-zags carved in relief. Lugs are filled triangles, facing front. Three flat rectangular pillars running from crossbars to just below centre where they meet two flat rectangular pillars which continue down to the base. ALl five pillars are decorated at centre front and back with a verticle row of zig-zags carved in relief. Base consists of three flat linked circles. 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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