The museum accession card reveals little of the origin or maker of this deconstructed and embellished, well-worn khaki cotton overalls-turned-jacket or ibhatyi from the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The object shares characteristics with a set of other items acquisitioned by the museum in the mid-1990s, relating to pre-initiation fashion. The pocket and front placket are not tassled, but the rest of the overall (cut just above waist height) was unravelled and twisted into fringes with red, off-white and pink beads along the front and sleeves, and Lion Lager metal bottle caps across the back.

Date of Production: c. 1980s

Place of Design: Eastern Cape, South Africa

Cotton re-purposed work overalls cut, unravelled and twisted into tassles embellished with plastic beads and beer bottle-tops

Access Number: SACHM94/687

Size: 3cm x 50cm x 75cm

Museum: Iziko Museums of South Africa