Context (Field collection)
This sculpture was purchased on 27 April 2000 from The BAT Centre, 45 Maritime Place, Small Craft Harbour, Durban. The BAT Centre business card states: 'Specialists in contemporary Zulu art and craft. Retail and wholesale'.

This object was collected by Julia Tanner while undertaking fieldwork in South Africa from March-May 2000. The fieldwork was financed by MAA's Crowther-Beynon Fund, in order to research and update MAA's South African collections.
Event Date 27/04/2000
Author: maa

Context (Production / use)
The maker: Sibusiso Maphumulo is an established and well-known artist. He produces a range of winged figures in various sizes and postures. The figures always wear sunglasses, are decorated in pokerwork and are sometimes carved with footballs.
Event Date 2001
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Wooden sculpture by Sibusiso Maphumulo. Winged figure in a horizontal position with it's wings in an out-stretched curve. The circular face has a broad nose, full cheeks and narrow forehead. The figure wears sunglasses and has its hands closed in prayer at the chest. The soles of it's upturned feet are branded with an 'S' on the left foot and an 'M' on the right foot, representing the initials of the maker. The figure is decorated with pokerwork, creating incised black marks. Striped lines appear on the arms and upper back. The lower back and belly are decorated with parallel lines with small circles between them. The wings are rendered with a feathered design. Black hair is depicted on the head. A small metal hook is inserted in the centre of the back for hanging.
Event Date 26/01/2011
Author: maa