WAM Endowment Auction
Live Auction, 27 May 2015
WAM Endowment Auction
Lot Estimate
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
ZAR 15 000
About this Item
Owen Ndou
South African 1964-
Tortoise Soccer Referee
Date unrecorded, collected between 1990 and 1993
wood and paint
100 by 39 by 48cm
Notes
In this sculpture of a soccer referee sporting soccer boots, red card and a referee's whistle around his neck, Ndou has chosen an animal that is patently unsuitable for the job - he is far too slow to referee any soccer match except among tortoises. In African folktales the tortoise is considered canny and wise and a great trickster. These traits together with his protective shell would serve him well in controlling the players in the tempestuous game.
Provenance
Donated by Trent Read
Other lots that might interest you
Tall Figure With Staff
ZAR 12 000 - 16 000
Couple (Woman In Green Dress With Red Handbag And Seated Man)
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
Freddy Ramabulana
Kneeling Girl
ZAR 12 000 - 18 000
Sangoma Music
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
Woman from Giyani
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
Owen Ndou
Snake Singer
ZAR 12 000 - 18 000