Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Beaded Panel (ithemba)

Artist Mrs. Kangezile MaMajoli Ndlovu (Zulu, South African)

Date1850-1968

Made/manufacturedSouth Africa

MediumGlass beads

ClassificationsClothing and accessories

Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Dr. Frank Jolles

Object number2007.27.2

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Collections

AFRICAN

DescriptionDark blue panel with white letters; "blackboard" style beaded panel made by a fiancée to send messages to her future husband; message: Emhlabeni KUSO SIZINI MASINGABA Naki Abantu", translated means "on the earth, it is a place of sorrow don't pay attention to other people" See Jolles 2006, p. 129. for translation.