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Previously exhibited at Miami 2021.
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Description/
uNozakuzaku IX Miniature (Negotiator) is a maquette based on South African artist, Zizipho Poswa’s ceramic and bronze series, iLobola which pays homage to the spiritual offering at the heart of the ancient African custom of lobola, or bride-wealth: the cow. Whereas traditionally the groom’s family would gift a certain number of cows to the bride’s family after a process of negotiation between the two parties, in more recent times the animals are often replaced by a monetary payment – leading the practice to be viewed as more commercial in nature. But this obscures the primary purpose of lobola, says Poswa – that of ukwakhiwa kobuhlobo, the building of relations between the two families.
In this ceremony, uNozakuzaku is the position given to a representative of either the bride or the groom’s family tasked with negotiating iLobola.
Zizipho Poswa
designer
Color/
White, Yellow
Exclusive/
Yes
Material/
Bronze, Glazed Stoneware
Dimension/
10.0 x 28.0 x 15.0 cm (3.9 x 11.0 x 5.9 in)
Style/
Contemporary
Heritage/
South Africa
Ships from/
South Africa
