Back Apron (thimba)

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	Permanent Link:	http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00083100/00001

Material Information
	Title:	Back Apron (thimba)
	Physical Description:	Leather, glass beads, metal studs, fiber 27 x 28 in. (68.6 x 71.1 cm)
	Creator:	Ndebele People, 20th Century
	Donor:	William D. and Norma Canelas Roth ( donor )

Subjects
	Subject:	Exhibition -- Between the Beads: Reading African Beadwork
	Spatial Coverage:	Africa -- South Africa

Notes
	Abstract:	The thimba, or back apron, complements a type of skirt worn on the front, either an itshogolo or a mapoto, which identifies the wearer as a married woman. The top of the thimba is rolled over a straw core, and heavily beaded with imported glass seed beads and brass beads. The use of brass for prestigious items of personal adornment is documented among Nguni peoples (forebears of the Ndebele) in the 16th century, and brass beaded garments were commonly worn in the 19th century. Despite their opulent appearance, the thimba were rarely seen since married women typically wore long capes that completely covered them. This thimba has predominantly white beads, indicating it was made in the early or mid-20th century.

Record Information
	Bibliographic ID:	UF00083100
	Volume ID:	VID00001
	Source Institution:	Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art
	Holding Location:	Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art
	Rights Management:	All rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
	Resource Identifier:	2006.45.19

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0	sobekcm_page_globals.constructor	Application State validated or built
0	sobekcm_database.verify_item_lookup_object
0	sobekcm_page_globals.constructor	Navigation Object created from URI query string
0	sobekcm_database.verify_item_lookup_object
0	sobekcm_page_globals.display_item	Retrieving item or group information
0	sobekcm_page_globals.get_entire_collection_hierarchy	Retrieving hierarchy information
0	sobekcm_assistant.get_entire_collection_hierarchy
0	cached_data_manager.retrieve_item_aggregation
0	cached_data_manager.retrieve_item_aggregation	Found item aggregation on local cache
0	item_aggregation_builder.get_item_aggregation	Found 'all' item aggregation in cache
0	system.web.ui.page.page_load (ufdc.page_load)
0	sobekcm_page_globals.constructor.on_page_load
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MILLISECOND

CLASS.METHOD

MESSAGE

sobekcm_page_globals.constructor

Application State validated or built

sobekcm_database.verify_item_lookup_object

sobekcm_page_globals.constructor

Navigation Object created from URI query string

sobekcm_database.verify_item_lookup_object

sobekcm_page_globals.display_item

Retrieving item or group information

sobekcm_page_globals.get_entire_collection_hierarchy

Retrieving hierarchy information

sobekcm_assistant.get_entire_collection_hierarchy

cached_data_manager.retrieve_item_aggregation

Found item aggregation on local cache

item_aggregation_builder.get_item_aggregation

Found 'all' item aggregation in cache

system.web.ui.page.page_load (ufdc.page_load)

sobekcm_page_globals.constructor.on_page_load

html_echo_mainwriter.add_style_references

Adding style references to HTML

html_echo_mainwriter.add_text_to_page

Reading the text from the file and echoing back to the output stream

html_echo_mainwriter.add_text_to_page

Finished reading and writing the file