Rare Mbukushu Women’s Under-apron “Mojamboro”

Mbukushu people, Okavango Delta, Botswana (map), c. 1950 

Hide and beads

Collected by Peter Nelson in the 1970s

20.5” h x 27” w; lower edge: 19” (52 x 69; 48.3 cm)

Price: $1,500

A very similar example is in the International Museum of Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM.

REFERENCES

“Mojamboro.” Museum of International Folk Art. Accessed March 20, 2020.

http://collection.internationalfolkart.org/objects/25157/mojamboro?

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