A Boy Ready for Khwetha Initiation - Xhosa
| CCAC #: | 0279 |
| Artwork title: | A Boy Ready for Khwetha Initiation - Xhosa |
| Artist(s): |
Barbara Tyrrell |
| Year made: | 1945 |
| Artwork type: | Painting |
| Medium: | Acrylics and Oil on Board |
| Dimensions (mm): | 630 x 600 |
| Artwork series: |
Barbara Tyrrell's ethnographic drawings |
| Source: | Donated by artist |
| Year acquired: | 2009 |
| Installation type: | Movable artwork |
| Location area: | On private display |
| Signage: | This boy, ready for ukwaluka (circumcision) initiation school, wears his customary sheath of animal skin and an ochred blanket, his beads announcing his readiness. In the past, boys attended these schools in groups in one lodge. Today, for convenience, a boy may be the sole occupant of a small hut built near his home kraal. |
Photographer: Staff
Photo copyright: CCT
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NOTE: The process of photographing artworks in the CCAC is underway - we are currently working to improve image quality and display on the CMS but have included internal reference photos for identification purposes in the interim.