Wedding Ensemble for a Groom (Umyeni)
Thembu
1950–1959
- Medium
- Cotton cloth, glass beads, mother of pearl beads, thread, leather, wool, and metal
- Dimensions
- Skirt: H.: 65.5 cm (25 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- costume
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
beadsassemblingthembubrass (alloy)beading (process)marriages/weddingsplant materialglassEastern and Southern Africainorganic materialwood (plant material)african Artarts of Africanonferrous metalweddingsclothsouth africancostumecopper alloyweavingmetal
About
See 1998.518.