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African Art
Cultural Object
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Mat (Isithebe)

20th century

Reeds and fiber

8 × 8 11/16in. (20.3 × 22 cm)
Gift of Laura and James J. Ross, B.A. 1960
2006.238.5
Geography: 
Made in Southern Africa, South Africa
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Zulu
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Textiles
Provenance: 

Alain Guisson, Brussels, acquired in Ulundi in KwaZulu-Natal in February of 1991
James Ross, New York, unknown date–2006

Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions, July 1, 2006–June 30, 2007,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2007): 188.

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.