Figure (kgöngwana-tshingwana/Ngwana sehô)
Cleveland Museum of Art

Figure (kgöngwana-tshingwana/Ngwana sehô)

1800s–1900s

Wood, glass beads, cloth, thread, and copper alloy
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

These figures were symbolic infants that recently married women would take care of until their first child was born.

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