Carey Willis

Embroidered cloth with birds and leopard

About the Session

This 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.


  • Carey Willis; Embroidered cloth with birds and leopard


Lot Estimate
ZAR 8 000 - 10 000

About this Item

East London, South Africa 1990's
Embroidered cloth with birds and leopard
beads on fabric
88cm high, 92cm wide

Notes

This heavily embroidered cloth was produced by a male Xhosa artist, Carey Williams, from East London in the early 1990's.

In Africa, beads have played a significant role in numerous cultures where they serve as indicators of age, power, status, identity and kinship.

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