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Ndebele people Linga Kobe,…
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Ndebele people Linga Kobe, South Africa, in tones of black, white, pink and blue, length 254 cm catalogue note: Every four years Ndebele boys spend two winter months in a secret place in the mountains undergoing the wela. They do this for they could turn from boyhood to manhood. During the time their mothers of the boys wear linga kobe, strips of beadwork that stretch from their headdresses, to show that their Sons are away to the mountains in turning men. So the Linga kobe translated means the 'Long tears' that the mother's goes through in losing their Sons but tears of joy at gaining a man. Reference:https://afrs100africandolls.weebly.com/different-kind-of-dolls.html
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