Ceremonial ensemble for n’anga (diviner) and timhamba (divination implements)
Ceremonial ensemble for n’anga (diviner) and timhamba (divination implements)
Ceremonial ensemble for n’anga (diviner) and timhamba (divination implements)
Ceremonial ensemble for n’anga (diviner) and timhamba (divination implements)
Ceremonial ensemble for n’anga (diviner) and timhamba (divination implements)
Ceremonial ensemble for n’anga (diviner) and timhamba (divination implements)

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Ceremonial ensemble for n’anga (diviner) and timhamba (divination implements),

ca. 1960–70

Artist unrecorded
Tsonga
2024-120.1-.47

Information

Title
Ceremonial ensemble for n’anga (diviner) and timhamba (divination implements)
Dates

ca. 1960–70

Maker
Artist unrecorded
Medium
Fiber, olive shells, cowrie shells, bone (unidentified), seed pods, wood, fat, animal hair, ceramic, glass beads, cloth, ochre, metal, feather (possibly purple-crested turaco), porcupine quill, brass wire, copper wire, grass, copper, aluminum, nylon fishing wire, vulture beak, leather, wild orange fruit, clay, gourd, wool, buttons, enamel paint, mirror, plastic, mastic, and seeds
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2024-120.1-.47
Place Made

Africa, South Africa, Limpopo Province, Gaba

Culture
African, Tsonga
Type
ceremonial costume, textiles

Owner unrecorded, Gaba, Limpopo Province, South Africa, before 1988; purchased by Alex Zaloumis, South Africa, 1988; [purchased by Axis Gallery, West Orange, NJ, 2004]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ, 2024.

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