Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018.

I Hear My Father's Cattle, There is Music in My Heart

Artist Zondlile Zondo (Zulu (South African), b. 1969)

Art Collective Ubuhle Women (South African, founded 1999)

Date2012

MediumCzech glass beads on fabric

Dimensions28 × 34 × 1 1/2 in. (71.1 × 86.4 × 3.8 cm)

ClassificationsGlass

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number2018.37.2

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DescriptionThis piece consists of a field of more subdued patches of colors that is dominated by a large white bull of the Boran breed, facing left with a black musical note on its flank. The depiction represents the joy that she felt as a young woman when she heard her father bringing the cattle in at the end of the day, and the background colors reflect rural tranquility and peacefulness.