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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Poland, Marguerite; Hammond-Tooke, David; Voigt, Leigh.

THE ABUNDANT HERDS

A historical and artistic study which shows how the classification of Nguni cattle by colour patterns is used as individual identification and not scientific classification

Published: Fernwood Press, Cape Town, 2004

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Dust jacket, cover and binding as new.

Text: Marguerite Poland and David Hammond-Tooke; Artwork: Leigh Voigt.

A work of art linked to the imaginative descriptions of Nguni cattle and their colour patterns and horn shapes, with examples, maps, diagrams and photographs to illustrate a detailed text. Different colours and patterns have symbolic and ritual significance, and different styles are more popular or important socially than others. This book describes in particular those pattern connected by name with birds, other animals, plants and natural phenomena. 

A remarkable historical heritage recorded and celebrated in a remarkable publication.

  • Overall Condition: Near Fine
  • Size: 285 x 290 x 20
  • Sold By: Pringle Bay Books
  • Contact Person: Neil Berens
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 082 899 7195 or 083 652 5694
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  • Trade Associations: SABDA


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