Jabulile Mayaba
From the series Sangoma by Thom Pierce photographed in South Africa in 2017, this piece is available as a limited collectors edition C-Type print. Each piece is sold unframed, with a signed certificate of authenticity.
This series is available in the following sizes:
Large (edition of 5 + 2AP)
Image size - h.930mm x w.744mm
Paper size - h.1030mm x w.844mm (includes 50mm white border)
Extra-Large (edition of 3 + 1AP)
Image size - h.1170mm x w.936mm
Paper size - h.1320mm x w.1086mm (includes 75mm white border)
Worldwide shipping is included in the price.
This piece is also available as a small, unsigned print from The Affordable Art Collection.
From the series Sangoma by Thom Pierce photographed in South Africa in 2017, this piece is available as a limited collectors edition C-Type print. Each piece is sold unframed, with a signed certificate of authenticity.
This series is available in the following sizes:
Large (edition of 5 + 2AP)
Image size - h.930mm x w.744mm
Paper size - h.1030mm x w.844mm (includes 50mm white border)
Extra-Large (edition of 3 + 1AP)
Image size - h.1170mm x w.936mm
Paper size - h.1320mm x w.1086mm (includes 75mm white border)
Worldwide shipping is included in the price.
This piece is also available as a small, unsigned print from The Affordable Art Collection.
From the series Sangoma by Thom Pierce photographed in South Africa in 2017, this piece is available as a limited collectors edition C-Type print. Each piece is sold unframed, with a signed certificate of authenticity.
This series is available in the following sizes:
Large (edition of 5 + 2AP)
Image size - h.930mm x w.744mm
Paper size - h.1030mm x w.844mm (includes 50mm white border)
Extra-Large (edition of 3 + 1AP)
Image size - h.1170mm x w.936mm
Paper size - h.1320mm x w.1086mm (includes 75mm white border)
Worldwide shipping is included in the price.
This piece is also available as a small, unsigned print from The Affordable Art Collection.
‘Sangoma’ is the name given to traditional healers who play an important role within many different sections of South African society. In rural communities, they are many people’s first port of call in times of need and illness. Through a combination of prayer, dance, and medicine (muti), Sangomas contact the ancestors for advice and prescribe natural remedies for illness, good fortune, and physical improvement. Becoming a Sangoma is not simple. Chosen by their ancestors, the training and initiation can be long and arduous. The work is an emotional and physical commitment that, combined with western medicine, forms part of many people’s healthcare choices.
In recent years, Sangomas and institutions of western medicine have frequently worked together to define their separate roles and acknowledge the importance of each other within modern South African society. Sangomas are accepted in several denominations of the Christian Church, their diverse rituals and attire can be informed by their varying ethnicity and religious affiliation.