DepartmentTextiles-Africa
Irari (married woman's blanket)
NameBlanket
CultureNdzundza Ndebele
Dateca. 1970
Place madeTransvaal region, South Africa, Africa
MediumWool, glass beads, thread
Dimensions150 1/8 × 106 × 3/8 in. (381.2548 × 269.2405 × 1.016 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase, A.2012.65.1
Object numberA.2012.65.1
DescriptionA blanket with flippable beadworks attached to it. The fabric of the blanket is of purple, yellow, blue, red, and green. Only one edge of the rectangular beadwork of motifs in various colors is attached to the blanket that each beadwork can be flipped over. 
Mid 20th Century AD
Mid 20th Century AD
ca. 1950
mid-20th cent.
