Figure (kgöngwana-tshingwana/Ngwana sehô)
1800s–1900s
Maker Unknown
African Art
Figure (kgöngwana-tshingwana/Ngwana sehô), 1800s–1900s. Southern Africa, Lesotho, Southern Sotho-style maker. Wood, glass beads, cloth, thread, and copper alloy; overall: 25.4 cm (10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2010.208 These figures were symbolic infants that recently married women would take care of until their first child was born.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- Wood, glass beads, cloth, thread, and copper alloy
- Dimensions
- Overall: 25.4 cm (10 in.)
- Departments
- African Art
- Accession Number
- 2010.208
- Credit Line
- Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Art of Daily Life: Portable Objects from Southern Africa, Cleveland Museum of Art, (4/16/11-2/26/12); "The Art of Daily Life: Portable Objects from Southeast Africa" cat. no. 78
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 108B Southern African
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