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.577/450mh Westley Richards Martini Henry ZAR Carbine - Pre 1898 #Z6485

An oil painting on board measuring 41 x 52.8 cm.

JH Pierneef oil painting

JH Pierneef oil painting of a Bushveld landscape scene

JH Pierneef casein painting

JH Pierneef oil painting

JH Pierneef oil painting

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Country of Manufacture & Date: Germany for Italy   1907

Location: Ditsong SA National Museum of Military History. Johannesburg

Ownership: Museum

Condition: Very good

Comments: Breech spiked. Affusto. 07734. Italian carriage 

Date confirmed:

small bovid lower right incisor fragment

medium bovid (Antidorcas marsupialis) upper right molar fragment

Male figure in upright position. Arms held stifly at sides the right arm further away from the body than the left one. Prominent genitalia. Inverted cone club-like feet with small toes. Very big ears and big silvery coloured eyes and a pursed mouth. Dots on face in circular design on cheeks, delineating eyebrows and across chest.

A simian/human figure is seated atop a round stool-like support that has an upper and lower structure linked by two flat rectangular supports with rough geometric designs. The figures knees are raise and its hands rest on the thigh areas. The head is tilted up and back.

Abstracted male figure with a conical round hat balancing ontop of his head.Features are stylised with staring eyes. The shoulders are rounded and the arms are held down by the sides with the palms facing forward. The torso is long and narrow and the legs are bowed outward and are slightly bowed at the knee. The genital hang down prominently. Both feet have sections broken off

Standing female figure with the distinctive rounded horizontal U shape for hips and buttocks. She has slightly indented a heart shape face with ears that stick out at the sides. Her breasts are full and drooping and she has tiny arms that end in small flat hands with tiny fingers. Her genitals are indicated with a groove in the wood between her legs. She has very flat feet with small toes which are damaged.

Standing female figure with the distinctive rounded horizontal U shape for hips and buttocks. She has slightly indented a heart shape face with ears that stick out at the sides. Her breasts are full and drooping and she has tiny arms that end in small flat hands with tiny fingers. Her knees and legs form an elongated Vshape with the knee at the point and she has no feet .

Standing female figure with her hands held at the sides of her belly and a projecting navel. She has linear scarification marks on her face and torso. She wears a skirt of bark cloth and stands on flat feet. Around her neck are strings with beads.

Standing male figure with big white staring eyes with a small dot in the centre. The face is outlined with two truncated heart-shaped lines. There is a coiled necklace of red beads around the neck. The arms are carved separately from the body and attached with metal pins. They are held stifly by the sides with the palms facing inward. The legs are trunk-like and end in flat rectangular feet. The figure wears a leather covering front and back from waist to mid-leg.

Standing female figure a head taller than her male companion piece. She has big white staring eyes with a small dot in the centre. She has a pointed hat with aband of string around it that has and 'horn-like projections at the front. . There is a coiled necklace of green beads around the neck. The arms are carved separately from the body and attached with metal pins. They are held stifly by the sides with the palms facing inward. The legs are trunk-like and end in flat rectangular feet. The figure wears a leather covering front and back from waist to mid-leg. Covering the buttocks area and over the leather back apron is a panel of red beads.

Standing male figure. The arms are carved separately from the body and attached with metal pins. They are held stifly by the sides and bent at the elbows. The hands are infists and these have holes in them and must have held something. The legs arebent at heh knee and end in small feet that are part of a raised black base. The figure wears a front and back covering whic appears to be pleated.

Standing male figure wearing a headring. The arms are held by the sides with thehands in fists. These have holes in them and must have held originally something. The legs stand on a raised base. The figure wears a front and back covering whic appears to be pleated.

Geometricised male figure wearing a short kilt and a cap and holding a shield . Angular inverted cone-like shapes for feet Big flat ears and wide staring eyes with dots for pupils. Shield is divided into 4 alternating light and dark roughly diamond shapes with a dot in the upper section of the right hand diamond

Female companion piece to A-1. Shorter stockier figure with arms tight by sides but lower arms now missing. Conical breasts and a genital covering. Inverted cone club-like feet. Very big ears and big silvery coloured eyes. Dots on face around a circular design on cheeks and delineating eyebrows.

Carved figure of man wearing front and back loin coverings and a ring around his head with a feather stuck in it. One leg appears to be lifted while the other has no foot and just a broken pointed end . The hands are damaged and badly repaired.

Figure is only includes the body from the upper thighs to the head and rests on a flat circular base. The right hand is bent at the elbow and the lower arm is held close to the chest. The left arm is held at the side. The figure wears a front and back covering and has a large round earring/ iziqhaza in each ear.

Female companion piece to A-21. Figure also only extends down to upper thighs. Her arms are held close to her sides. She wears a leather skirt/isidwaba, a wide flared hat, has a large round earring/ iziqhaza in each ear and a number of necklaces all carved from the same wood block.

Standing male figure with a headring. Circular band as loin covering and has his hands held in front of his stomach. He has 'luck bean' seeds for eyes. Triangular feet with no toes indicated

Standing female figure with a pointed hairdo. She wears a skirt and carries a baby on her back. Her hands are held in front of her stomach and she has 'luck bean' seeds for eyes. She has triangular feet with toes indicated.

Columnar standing male figure bending slightly forward from the waist with hands clasped around the stomach . The figure has large mottle patches that are a result of the original grain of the wood. The eyes are small round glassy and red

Small columnar figure of woman with baby on her back. She wears a long skirt and has her hands held in front of her stomach. The baby holds onto her shoulders and wraps its legs around her front where they become a roll. She has seeds for eyes and the front of her feet are broken off .