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[ Source of title : Nessa Leibhammer using JAG materials ]
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JAG 1987-3-111
Description [Source - Debra Pryor for FHYA, 2022, using spreadsheet created by Nessa Leibhammer for SAHRIS, from JAG materials in 2015: Object description: Rectangulat crossbar very slightly curved and decorated at narrow ends with a raised edge covered with incised cross-hatching. Lug is downwards pointing truncated cone at centre of crossbar. Legs are 4 open circles two ar front and two at back, flattened at base and decorated with sections of incised parallel lines. These incisions and the insides of the circle have been blackened. Comment: the central lug, 4 legs and lack of base suggest Swazi or Zulu influence (Africana Notes and News 1987, vol 27 no 8. Pg 314 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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