General
General
Object Auto ID
57409
Alternate Codes
objectautoid_sahrisv1_80273
Common Name
Mapogga Woman (no. 2)
Classified Name
Etching
Print
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

Depicts 'Mapogga' woman dressed in patterned traditional blankets and with metal neck and leg rings. Mapogga is an outdated term for the Ndebele people, which came out of interaction between the Ndebele leader Mabhogo with Voortrekkers. Although most Ndebele today find this form of address derogatory, many South Africans sadly still persist with this form of address.

Provenance

Purchased from the Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg in 1991, by the Anglo American Centenary Trust and thereafter donated to JAG by the AAJCT

Owner
Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG)
Description
Material Types
Paper
Technique Types
Etching
Colours
Black
Grey
Inscriptions
Bottom left, in pencil outside the plate,'1/1', bottom right , in pencil outside the plate: 'Preller '57'
Measurement Type Unit Value
Length
cm
15.20
Height
cm
23.10
Dimension Comments
23,1 x 15,2 cm
History
Object Age
1957
Maker
Alexis Preller
Production Place
South Africa (assumed)
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
Site Association
x y z
Media
JAG1991-11-16 Preller Mapogga CC.pdf (122.9 KB)
Preller Mapogga AF.pdf (278.76 KB)
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