Object Listing

Painting

Scene of a mother and a child, seated in a small room, perhaps a kitchen with a round table with table cloth and checkered one bottom left corner. Mother is holding a small child on her lap, and there is an oil lamp on the table barely visible.

Painting

Drawing

Oil painting

Group picture of seven people- old and younger. All the youngest participants are playing small musical pipe instruments, while the two elderly people look on. Old lady reading a small note , while central middle aged man holds a very young child. There is also a table in the centre, covered in a light grey tablecloth, and with a white pitcher/jug standing alone

Painting

Painting

Drawing depicts a wounded or exhausted monk being surrounded by  a group of recently converted- Christian people, trying to assist and revive him. Two men closing the wooden entrance door. Story is related to the persecution of Christian missionaries by Druids/ancient Britons.

Rough drawing of a man in a horned helmet kissing a dead younger woman, presumably Oriana, lying in state on top of a sarcophagus. Shows different layers/stages of drawing. Rough landscape in the background

Drawing of a man in a horned helmet kissing a dead younger woman, presumably Oriana, lying in state on top of a sarcophagus, with an arrow protruding from her left side. Inset detail of hand, and ornate sarcophagus. Landscape in the background

Countryside scene of a young man and woman walking along a path lined with trees, with fields and cows beyond. Woman carrying a basket, and man carrying a leafy stick

Painting

Collage, oil and screenprint work with Victorian apron. Apron is imprinted with various stereotypical depictions and images of Sarah (Saartjie) Baartman, from the Victorian era, and this is a reflection of the racist and dehumanizing views and actions associated with Sarah. 

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 Mapogga is an outdated term for the Ndebele people, which came out of interaction between the Ndebele leader Mabhogo with Voortrekkers.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.

Pair of leather sandals with ankle strap, with toe post with black and white squares, and red flap attached. Shoes appear to be resting on the ground as there is a skirting board in the background. Patterned carpet or flooring

Portrait of a young girl, holding in ornage in both hands, looking right. Colours are mainly blues and greens, with natural landscape behind her

Painting

Painting

Watercolour

Abstract, multicolour oil painting of various-sized brushstrokes an all directions- the colours are said to have 'come from his subconscious without conscious intervention...'. With wooden frame

Carving of a religious figure, Madonna; the female figure being an African lady. From light-coloured wood, with her head slightly stooped and hands clasped and raised in front, against her chest, a pose of religious? humility. Artwork has a base attached to the carving itself. Freestanding

Depicts three men in blue suits, hats and gloves?, standing with backs to viewer in a desert or barren landscape. Shadows appear to be visible on the ground, billowing clouds visible in the distance

Abstract carving of two supporting 'legs' joining to form one totem pole-like structure. Carved circles and indented lines throughout. Light-coloured wood. Freestanding.

Oil on canvas work by Ernest Metheun Mancoba (b1904 d2002). Multicolor work with rough geometric shapes, rough textured surface, with wooden frame

Drawing of a woman in a headscarf singing, pictured on right, with a musical instrument seen to the left of the image

Painting

Painting

Etching

Etching & Aquatint