Blanket Cape (Umbalo) | Yale University Art Gallery

late 19th century–early 20th century

Not on view

Medium: Beads, cloth, buttons, and string
Dimensions: 61 1/4 × 60 1/2 × 1/2 in. (155.6 × 153.7 × 1.3 cm)
Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna Jr., Class of 1913, Fund
Accession Number: 2021.15.9
Geography: Eastern Cape, South Africa
Culture: Xhosa (Mfengu group)
Period: 19th–20th century
Classification: Apparel/Costume
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Provenance

Alfred John Gregory (1851–1927), who lived at the Cape between 1891 and 1914 and served as Medical Officer of Health for the Cape Colony between 1901 and 1910. See BSAB, vol.5. Michael Graham-Stewart, London, purchased through the 1990s at various provincial auctions in the U.K; Michael Stevenson, Cape Town, South Africa; African Bank Collection, Johannesburg, South Africa, from August, 2000; Michal Stevenson as agent for African Bank, Stevenson Gallery, Johannesburg, 2020

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Additional information

Object/Work type

apparels, capes (outerwear), clothing

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