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Four Tsonga bead Aprons,…
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Four Tsonga bead Aprons, Zimbabwe, decorated with blue, red, green and white beads in a scallop pattern on black cotton cloth, 36 cm x 66 cm, 47 cm x 71 cm, 45 cm x 72 cm and 39 cm x 33 cm (4) catalogue note: decorated with a triad of blue, red and white beads in a checkerboard design, these aprons exemplifies how Tsonga women of the Zambezi valley combined these three colours - each colour relates to a different aspect of Tsonga life and culture. The colour white - widely used in initiation ceremonies - evoked the 'Shades' or ancestor spirits. The bodies of young Tsonga women were smeared with red ochre pigment. Originally related to the Zulu people, the Tsonga practiced a rain cult, which May explain their use of dark blue. Reference: https://www.tribalgatheringlondon.com/pieces/early -20th-century-tsonga-womans-beaded-apron-zambezi-v alley-zimbabwe
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