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Ditema Pieter Jolly

Ditema By Pieter Jolly

Ditema by Pieter Jolly


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This title records a variety of Sotho decorated huts and other structures. Decorative patterns of paint, pebbles inset into mud plaster, and incised plaster constitute the Ditema mural art tradition of the Basotho, which is similar to, but differs in many respects from, the Ndebele mural art tradition.

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Ditema: Some Decorated Sotho Buildings by Pieter Jolly

This title records a variety of Sotho decorated huts and other structures. Decorative patterns of paint, pebbles inset into mud plaster, and incised plaster constitute the Ditema mural art tradition of the Basotho, which is similar to, but differs in many respects from, the Ndebele mural art tradition. Many of the interesting and often complex Ditema patterns made on the walls of huts appear to have been rich in symbolism relating to the culture of the Basotho, though these meanings, and the tradition itself, is fast disappearing.

About Pieter Jolly

Pieter Jolly is Honorary Research Associate in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cape Town. His professional interests include the symbolism and conservation of San rock art as well as the history of interaction between the south-eastern San and southern Nguni and Sotho communities. In the course of his archaeological work in Lesotho and adjacent areas he came across, became interested in, and documented the cave and cliff structures as well as the decorated Sotho buildings that feature, respectively, in Rock Shelter and Ditema.

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NPB9780620463195
9780620463195
0620463198
Ditema: Some Decorated Sotho Buildings by Pieter Jolly
New
Paperback
Vernacularch
2010-07-21
80
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