Diviner - Shangaan

CCAC #: 0273
Artwork title: Diviner - Shangaan
Artist(s): Barbara Tyrrell
Year made: 1945
Artwork type: Painting
Medium: Acrylic and Oil on board
Dimensions (mm): 760 x 567
Artwork series: Barbara Tyrrell's ethnographic drawings
Source: Donated by artist
Year acquired: 2009
Installation type: Movable artwork
Current location: On private display
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Depicted is a shangaan witch-doctor, working on the smooth side of a goatskin mat with a collection of carved ivory blocks, knuckle bones of animals and cowrie shells. He wears animal skin and an old-styled head ring similar to the Zulu and Swazi.


CCAC 432044

Photographer: Staff
Photo copyright: CCT

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