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Nelson Mukhuba

Nelson Mukhuba portrait

Updated
4 Oct 2019
Nelson Mukhuba portrait

Mukhuba\'s stay in Sophiatown lasted until 1958. He returned to Tshakuma where he started producing wooden sculptures and household utensils, including tourist trade objects. He quickly established himself as a gifted wooden sculpture. His methods were learnt from the Vha-Venda wood sculptures. He worked primarily with Marula and Jacaranda wood, producing sculptures of celebrities, sports personalities, and dancing figures. Some of his work has the reputation of being humorous and ironical. For example, his Sammy Davis Junior placed on a radio achieved critical acclaim after the Tributaries Exhibition in 1985.

How we know this

  1. 01• Sack, S. (1988). The Neglected Tradition, Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art Gallery , p. 119. • https://www.developments.org.uk/data/05/features/monet.htm • https://www.museums.org.za/sang/exhib/roomone/sang8a.html

Last updated · 4 Oct 2019

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2011, February 17). Nelson Mukhuba. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0008404

South African History Online (2011) 'Nelson Mukhuba', South African History Online, 17 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0008404 (Accessed: 17 October 2026).

South African History Online, Nelson Mukhuba [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0008404, (accessed 17 October 2026).

"Nelson Mukhuba." South African History Online, 17 Feb. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0008404. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "Nelson Mukhuba." South African History Online. February 17, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0008404.

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