South African
Art
One of the oldest art objects in the world (dating from 75,000 years ago) were some small drilled snail shells that were strung on some string and worn as a necklace.
During around 10,00 BCE, the Khoisan tribe had fluent art styles of rock painting,
When in South Africa, art, pots, carving, embroidery, basketware and crafts are often sold on the roadside stalls or at craft centers.
Art pieces, such as this ornamental frog. Can usually be found in many road side stalls.
The San Bushmen are an indigenous tribe in South Africa.The art gives a history of how the San Bushman people lived. The San depicted non-human animals, hunters, and half-human half-animal hybrids. There are many paintings about the Eland, Reybuck, Heartebeest, and Lion and also San and "Khoisan"
Many of the 'dancing' figures are decorated with unusual patterns and may be wearing masks and other festive clothing. Other paintings, showing patterned quadrilaterals and other symbols, are obscure in their meaning and may be non-representational. Similar symbols are seen in shamanistic art worldwide.
Zulu Art
Zulu art was for many years overlooked as the Zulu people did not make art in the form of sculptures and paintings. Rather, the art was seen in the form of utensils used in the home such as milk pails, spoons, walking sticks and headrests. The Zulu people are renowned for their bead work which sometimes carries symbolic messages of peace or fertility. Earplugs, usually worn by men, are also important to collectors and are becoming rarer.
This is a form of art called silhouette, this is easy to paint because the background is usually a sunset and the animals are blacked out so that it looks kind of like a shadow.