Zulu beaded Wedding Cape, Isikoti, EXQUISITE Start Price USD 1,200.00 Current Price USD 1,200.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, May 07, 2008 End Time Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Location Denver, CO See more about 'Zulu beaded Wedding Cape, Isikoti, EXQUISITE' Description Zulu Beaded Wedding Cape, Isikoti, South Africa   Type of Object:  Beadwork Ethnic Group: Zulu Country of Origin: South Africa, Kwa-Zulu natal, Escourt area  Materials: Fabric, beads Approximate Age:  20th century Dimensions:  39 x 36 inches            Overall Condition:  Excellent   Damage, Repair:   None     Provenance:     Unknown   Additional Information: Isikoti /Wedding cape. Specially worn by the bride during the wedding ceremony around the shoulders to respect the in-law family. The cape is made out of eleven beaded panels stitched together. Each panel come from the members and relatives of the bride, they give to her as a gift when she goes to tell them about the wedding. She does this kind of invitation herself. Visiting all the relatives personal so that they can also tell her how big the step she took and how she must respect her new family. These panels joined together the day before the wedding took place. The bride uses it on the wedding ceremony and after that she will reduce the number of panels on the small cape to five or six panels and the rest will stay individual.  The apron with more panels, she will wear that on special ceremonies and the individual panel will be the part of her daily attire. She will wear it around the shoulders everyday changing it as a symbol of marriage. The panels with alphabets and initials will be made by the bride herself as a symbol of passing her happiness. Triangle designs on panel three from the bottom represent robots, as a symbol of showing that every thing go step by step the same way as robots. S can be her initial or her lovers initial.Blue panel no. 2 from bottom it representing the royal family- normally come from her mother. Panel. 7 with blue and colours, the style called isifazi, its come from grand mother telling her that she is a grown women, she has to behave like one. Umfazi it’s a word used for married women. Two hanging beads- it’s representing that she got married when she was still a virgin and the beads come from her attire that she was wearing when she was a girl. Two hangings meaning she is a second wife to her husband. The style that has been used on panel 4, 6, 8, 10 from the bottom called ufenisi. Panel one from top style called umakhwapheni.  **032961** All content, including pictures, Copyright Africa Direct Inc., 2006 Add Us To Your Favorite Sellers! Please visit our About Us page. SquareTrade © AP6.0 PesaMember Place a Bid!