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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Beaded Panel (ithemba)
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 number2007.27.7
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DescriptionYellow panel with orange lettering; message: DELA NAZALA MAME. A mother gives this to her son to express her joy, translates to: "It is a good thing that your mother gave birth to you, I am glad of your existence."
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Beaded Panel (ithemba)
Mrs. Kangezile MaMajoli Ndlovu
1850-1968
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Beaded Panel (ithemba)
Mrs. Kangezile MaMajoli Ndlovu
1850-1968
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Beaded Panel (ithemba)
Mrs. Kangezile MaMajoli Ndlovu
1850-1968
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Beaded panel (ithemba)
Mrs. Kangezile MaMajoli Ndlovu
1850-1968
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Beaded panel (ithemba)
Mrs. Kangezile MaMajoli Ndlovu
1850-1968
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Beaded panel (isibebe)
Zulu Artist
undated
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
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Zandile Ma Ndlovu Dube
undated
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Mohammed Agha and Mohammad Zia Mama, November, 2011
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2011; print 2016
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Kwame Akoto
2010
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Beaded panel (isibebe)
Zandile Ma Ndlovu Dube
1969
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
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1906
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Rockefeller Supporter at the Republican Convention, Miami, Florida
Arthur Rothstein
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