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Close-up of Tsonga girls' front apron, South Africa
Tsonga1900
Origins Centre
Johannesburg, South Africa
Known as 'titho", this type of front apron was worn by Tsonga girls after her first menstruation and throughout the duration of the girls' initiation schools. Only white beads are used on the front of a Tsonga girls' apron and they serve to ritually cool the girl.
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Details
- Title: Close-up of Tsonga girls' front apron, South Africa
- Creator: Tsonga
- Date Created: 1900
- Location Created: South Africa
- Type: Apron
- Original Source: Wits Art Museum
- Rights: Origins Centre
- Medium: Fabric, beads
- time period: 20th Century AD.
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