Ngwane
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Wedding Cape (Isibheklane), c. 1950/60

Eleven layers of cotton, polyester, and rayon, plain weaves; some fulled; some embroidered with cotton in laid work and couching; all beaded with cotton, polyolefin, plastic, and glass beads; embellished with brass buttons and cotton cords
94.4 x 86.3 cm (37 1/8 x 34 in.)
Hugh Leander and Mary Trumbull Adams Memorial Endowment, 1997.61