Mother - Xhosa
| CCAC #: | 0276 |
| Artwork title: | Mother - Xhosa |
| Artist(s): |
Barbara Tyrrell |
| Year made: | 1947 |
| Artwork type: | Paper |
| Medium: | Acrylic and Oil on board |
| Framed dimensions (in mm): | 575 x 541 |
| Artwork series: |
Barbara Tyrrell's ethnographic drawings |
| Source: | Donated by artist |
| Year acquired: | 2009 |
| Installation type: | Movable artwork |
| Location area: | On private display |
| Signage: | A nursing mother whitens her shoulders and face and her child’s face with white clay or stone. She wears a medicinal necklace for her child. The woman depicted is wearing one of the most impressive ornaments of the Xhosa – a wide, open-mesh collar in beads of her favourite colours: pink and pale blue with white and black. |
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.