Ndebele Bride Doll From South Africa Brass Museum quality

Museum quality

statement quilting pieces

the other half pictured on the right

Many times into the indigo dye bath creates an amazingly dark cloth

Great for a tablecloth or other interior projects

Ndebele Bride Doll From South Africa Brass Museum qualityThe Ndebele Bride Doll is in traditional dress wrapped in beaded blanket. The doll wears a beaded train (inyoga), which hangs from her shoulders and her face is covered by a beaded veil called a siyaya. Her skirt has five panels which symbolize the five head of cattle her family will receive as a bride price. Dolls would be given to a young bride on her wedding day usually made by her immediate family, in hopes of promoting a large and healthy family.