Married Woman - Ntwana (Present day Limpopo)
| CCAC #: | 0271 |
| Artwork title: | Married Woman - Ntwana (Present day Limpopo) |
| Artist(s): |
Barbara Tyrrell |
| Year made: | 1950 |
| Artwork type: | Painting |
| Medium: | Acrylic and Oil on board |
| Dimensions (mm): | 655 x 510 |
| Artwork series: |
Barbara Tyrrell's ethnographic drawings |
| Source: | Donated by artist |
| Year acquired: | 2009 |
| Installation type: | Movable artwork |
| Current location: | In storage |
| Exhibitions: | |
| Signage: | Depicted is a married woman with a helmet-like hairstyle with beaded hoops, apron, back skirt and smock-frock. Tyrrell said that the coiffure (hairstyle) is meant to denote her marriage status while the helmet-style is “older than memory”. |
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.