Ndebele Girls Lighabi Skirt / Apron, South Africa, Beaded, FREE SHIPPING

Specifications

Item measures about 7” x7”. The Ndebele reflect and record the development of the entire life of both a woman and man, from birth through childhood, pubescence, adulthood, marriage, childbearing and to maturity through appropriate forms of beadwork. When a child is born, it is equipped with a single strand of beads, known as an 'umucu.' Next in the bead cycle is the 'lighabi,' a leather or canvas loin apron hung with beaded tassels and worn like an elaborate fig leaf. It is replaced by larger versions as the child grows towards puberty.

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