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- 12/2004 (Creation)
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Brief description of art: The painting consists of 1 antelope front facing with head down in a grazing posture. Most of the body is red while the legs, some of the ears and face is white. To the right of this antelope is another standing with its head and ears up. The nose, back and part of the neck and upper torso is in red while the rest of the antelope is in white. To the right of this antelope is graffiti. A further 1m to the right in a lower band is an antelope in a forward jumping position with back leg, tail, belly and foreleg in white and the rest in red. 2.2m from the right is one faded Eland. And 30cm to the right in the upper strata is a human in red paint?
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The KwaZulu-Natal Museums is a cultural and natural history museum renowned for its unique collections - there are eight natural history and around ten cultural history galleries that include an array of mammals (together with the last wild elephant in KwaZulu-Natal), birds, amphibians, insects, an extensive mollusc collection and a life-size T-Rex model. There is also a room dedicated to KwaZulu-Natal history, geological and Paleontological material, and a reconstruction of a Victorian street set in the late 1800's, complete with shops, stable and period homes. Take a walk through a life size recreation of a Drakensberg cave with rock art drawings or a walk on the wooden deck of a wrecked trading vessel in our Towns and Trade Exhibition.
What makes the KwaZulu-Natal Museum particularly interesting is the array of interesting temporary exhibitions that give the museum a definite dynamic advantage. Temporary exhibitions and happenings have included an exploration of the history of segregation in the US, xenophobic violence, children’s art exhibition. The Museum officially opened an exciting exhibition on the Soccer World Cup, in May 2010. The 150th anniversary of the arrival of Indian people to South Africa was celebrated in November 2010, with the launch of a new permanent exhibition showcasing the Indian community of Pietermaritzburg. The KwaZulu-Natal Museum is also very popular with the schools and family visitors alike.
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- English