Unrecorded artist, Zulu Peoples
Zulu beer basket, 1987
About the SessionThis sale traces the heritage of South African design across centuries of creative expression highlighting diverse design objects through two sessions. Uniting the sessions is a celebration of the versatility of materials - metal, wood, glass, clay, fibre - and how artists and artisans have transformed them over time into works of wonder, rich in both tradition and innovation.
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The basket design here references 'Shields of Shaka'. The coiling technique uses close, simple over-sewing over one coil, using bundles of palm leaf strips for the core. The lid is created with close simple over-sewing over many coils to create a smooth flat surface that can be easily inserted into the mouth of the basket. The black colour is achieved when the palm leaves are boiled with Euclea divinorum root bark and then soaked in mud for several days.
- Dr Elizabeth Terry
Provenance
Dr Elizabeth Terry Collection.
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