The Art of Southeast Africa: From the Conru CollectionHarry N. Abrams, 2002 - 223 من الصفحات The art of southern and eastern Africa, unlike the better-known traditions of central and western Africa, has been overlooked until recently. The complex history of the region, marked by the migrations rather than settled kingdoms, and the very nature of the objects produced, seen as craft artefacts by western eyes, are the main reasons for this relative obscurity. The objects illustrated and catalogued in the book include rare figural sculptures, jewellery, regalia, prestige staffs carved with ornamental heads and decorations, walking/fighting sticks, headrests, snuff containers and the occasional ornamental but useful adornments which double as combs and snuff spoons. The source of distinctiveness for the artefacts of the southern African region lies in the pastoral and specifically nomadic nature of the cattle culture shared by the majority of the peoples in the region. The functional beauty of the objects and their small size are linked to the necessary ease to take them along as the need to mo |
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19th century Horn 19th century plate 19th century Wood African Art amasumpa ancestors artist beadwork bowl brass Brussels Cape Town carved cattle Colony of Natal communities cultural David Lewin Durban Eastern Cape Eastern Cape Nguni European example Exhibition finial head headrests headring indigenous inlay Johannesburg Art Gallery Jonathan Lowen Klopper Knobkerrie knobsticks Kreli KwaZulu-Natal left to right legs London Publication loops metal H milk Mozambique Museum Ndebele Neckrest Zulu Nettleton Nguni 19th century Northern Nguni 19th Northern Nguni/Zulu objects ornament patina Pietermaritzburg Probably Northern Nguni Probably Tsonga Probably Zulu Provenance right KC Seward Kennedy shaft Shaka shape Snuff container Northern Snuff kerrie South African Southeast African region Southern African pieces Southern African region Southern Sotho Staff Northern Nguni sticks style Susana Montiel-Colmenares Swazi symbolic Thembu Tsonga 19th century Tsonga-speaking Tsonga/Shangaan Tswana Venda vessel Wood H Xhosa Zulu 19th century Zulu king Zulu kingdom Zulu-speaking group