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Show African Art at Gallery The beadwork is accompanied ac-companied by photographs of Ndebele women wearing their ceremonial garments and of mural paintings, as well as by a narrated slide show, prepared by Suzanne Priebatsch and Natalie Knight, which describes the people and their culture. l ne extended public hours at the Braithwaite Fine Arts , Gallery are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 p.m. to 6 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The Gallery is closed on official College holidays. The Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery at Southern Utah State College, Cedar City, announced that an exhibition j of African primitive art will be on display February 7 to :' 28, 1980. The exhibition, j sponsored by friends of the I Gallery and the Utah Arts Council, will open with i a public reception Thursday evening, February 7, 1980, 7 to 9 p.m. Light refreshments will be prepared and served , by Friends of the Gallery. According to Prof. Thomas A. Leek, SUSC art ( curator, the exhibition is entitled DESIGNS OF THE NDEBELE and is comprised com-prised of beadwork by the Ndebele people of South Africa. Organized by the Smithsonian's Museum of African Art, the exhibition is being circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Serv ices (SITES). The display features 43 pieces of beadwork from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Chaim Gross and photographs ' by Jean Morris, an English photographer who has worked extensively in South Africa. Mr. Gross is an eminent American sculptor and a pioneer collector of traditional African art. The Ndebele people are noted for the exquisite designs of their beadwork and mural painting. Both crafts' are produced exclusively ex-clusively by women and incorporate related motifs. These motifs are primarily geometric, but may also depict modern objects such as houses and airplanes. DESIGNS OF THE NDEBELE illustrates the -quality of craftsmanship and variety of decoration of Ndebele beadwork. The beadwork is used primarily on women's garments; the type of garment and its decoration signify the stage of life attained by its owner. Included in the exhibition are beaded aprons, backskirts, ceremonial wedding trains, dance staffs, dolls, and the neck and ankle rings worn by the Ndebele women from an early age. The earliest Ndebele beadwork is dated to the end of the nineteenth century. Although a traditional craft which is taught, with mural painting, to Ndebele girls in initiation camps, the beadwork has undergone an evolution in both style and technique during this century. |