Ngwane
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Wedding Cape (Isibheklane), Before 1930

Seventeen layers of cotton and rayon, plain weaves; some fulled; plain weave self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats; and plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; printed; beaded with cotton and glass beads; embellished with brass buttons and cotton and polyester cords
79.6 x 92.2 cm (31 1/4 x 36 1/4 in.)
Hugh Leander and Mary Trumbull Adams Memorial Endowment, 1997.60