Male clay figure wearing strings of clay and glass
seed beads, black, blue and white. The male figure is cut short above the legs. Both figures have white glass beads pressed in to denote eyes, necklets and armlets, and both have small vertical incisions on the cheeks.
A-55 Figure
Object Number
JL-A-55
Artist
Date produced
Unknown
Attribution/location
Medium/materials
Dimensions (cms)
17.5 x 12.1 x 7.5
Description
Provenance
Unknown
Additional information
Companion to A-56. Label, underside: BACA (?) Collected Umtata 1974, said to originate from house of Khotsa Set huntsa. Baca produced for the tourist trade
Classification
Digital rights
Brenthurst Library





