Xikhigelo
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Xikhigelo
[ Source of title : Nessa Leibhammer using JAG materials ]
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JAG 1987-3-113
Description [Source - Debra Pryor for FHYA, 2022, using spreadsheet created by Nessa Leibhammer for SAHRIS, from JAG materials in 2015: Object description: Double head-rest with a box in the centre; carved of one piece of wood, except for the lid of the box. One headrest is 5mm longer and higher than the other. Crossbars are rectangular and decorated on the flattened, and blackened narrow ends with a row of zig-zags carved in relief. Two lugs for each headrest -blackened rectangles facing sides. Each has a one rectangular pillar, decorated at front and back with the upper and lower thirds being blackened and the central third having two rounded horizontal pleats. The columns are joined by a cylindrical bar to the central rectangular box with a lid which opens on a pin, and which has a handle in the shape of a fin. Bases are flat ovoids with the edges 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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