Freddy Ramabulana
(South Africa 1930?– )
- Title
- Zulu Miner / Warrior
- Year
- early 1990s
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- carved wood figure, clothing, metal hat, hide shield, metal spear, carved wood knife
- Dimensions
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figure: 185.0 x 40.0 x 30.0cm:
a - figure; 181 x 40 x 30cm; figure with hat
a - figure; 185 x 40 x 30cm; length
b - hat; 29 x 25.5 x 14cm; length
c - shield; 62 x 37cm
d - knife; 49cm
e - spear; 94cm
- Credit
- Purchased 1994
- Accession number
- 587.1994.a-e
- Copyright
- © Freddy Ramabulana
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Freddy Ramabulana was born in Venda, South Africa in 1930. He is a very traditional man, with a background in traditional woodcarving and wire weaving. His figures are roughly carved, often dressed in Western clothing, with glass eyes and wigs. Ramabulana is a distinctive carver, his figures expressing the unhappy relationships that exist between many of the indigenous people of South Africa and the consumerism of the West.
- Exhibition history (1)
-
African Marketplace, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, 22 Aug 2002–28 Sep 2002.
