The Moon as shoe - Drawings of the San - Szalay

2002 A4 size hardcover new with 312 pages. R45 postage in SA. Text in German and English. Drawings and watercolours from 1875-1881 made by six informants of Wilhelm Bleek and Lucy Lloyd.

Text in English & German

The San people have lived for thousands of years on the harsh plains of Kalahari in southern Africa and are the oldest indigenous people of the region. At the end of the nineteenth century, anthropologists Verlag Scheidegger and Spiess; 1 edition (May 1, 2006) Wilhelm Bleek and Lucy Lloyd traveled to southern Africa to document the San’s language and culture through their drawings. Now assembled for the first time in The Moon as Shoe, the drawings of the San come together in a striking visual essay of San history and culture. 

The diverse array of colorful watercolors and sketches were primarily created by six San men interviewed by Bleek and Lloyd. Augmenting the brilliant image reproductions are expert essays by distinguished contributors such as Elias Canetti and Megan Biesele. The volume also features additional contemporary works by Ivory Coast artist Frédéric Bruly Bouabre and South African artist Keith Dietrich. A wholly original and compelling collection of indigenous art,

The Moon as Shoe is essential for all collectors and scholars of African art.