Pangolin

CCAC #: 0211
Artwork title: Pangolin
Artist(s): Joanne Patterson
Year made: 1998
Artwork type: Sculpture or object
Medium: Mixed media
Dimensions (mm): 169 x 920 x 810
Source: Donated by Mark Read, Everard Read Gallery, Jhb
Year acquired: 1999
Installation type: Movable artwork
Location area: On public display
Signage:

The pangolin is revered in Zimbabwe, the artist's birth country. The totemic nature of the pangolin, here cradled in woven sticks, is enhanced by the use of the clay pots that both alludes to anthills and highlights the significance of pots to humans. As pots are vessels of life to humans, anthills serve the same purpose to animals.


CCAC 435736

Photographer: Ben Law-Viljoen
Photo copyright: CCT

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