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'Self' and 'Other' : some portraits by Mary Stainbank

Catalog Data

Author:
Liebenberg-Barkhuizen, Estelle  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Stainbank, Mary  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
South Africa
Date:
1998
20th century
Notes:
Illustrations.
Mary Stainbank's clay portraits of various Zulu personalities predates the search for native iconography in KwaZulu-Natal. Her clay sculptures, relief panels and stone carvings frequently depicted Africans, sometimes as metaphors. In wood and stone she often portrayed Zulu women and children.
Topic:
Portrait sculpture, South African  Search this
Women sculptors  Search this
Africans in art  Search this
Call number:
NK4178.6.S6 U27 1998X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_685256