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Apron (jocolo)

1920-30s
Medium/TechniqueGlass beads, leather
DimensionsHeight x width: 80 × 60.3 × 1.9 cm (31 1/2 × 23 3/4 × 3/4 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Alan and Suzanne Dworsky, Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham, Hy and Shirley Zaret Acquisition Fund for African Art, Art of Africa and Oceana, and Lucy Scarborough Conant Fund
Accession number2018.69
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceBetween 1974 and 1978, acquired from Ndebele artists in Northern Transvaal, South Africa by Natalie Knight, South Africa, and Suzanne Priebatsch, South Africa and Boston; 2018, sold by Suzanne Priebatsch and Natalie Knight to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 21, 2018)
Knitted and beaded drawstring bag
first half of the 19th century
a-b
Early 20th century
Beadwork bag
second quarter of the 19th century
Beadwork bag
second quarter of the 19th century
Bag
About mid-19th century
Boy's vest
1890–1900