Lobengula Khumalo
Entry ID
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57 (17/01/2022)
Formal title of the work
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Lobengula Khumalo
Description of the sculpture
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A painted plaster bust of Lobengula Khumalo, the second and last king of the Northern Ndebele people. He resisted the attempts of Cecil Rhodes to settle Mashonaland (located in what is now Zimbabwe).
URLs where this is recorded/available
Type of object
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Bust – Portrait
Base
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Base present - appears to be the original base
Dimensions
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Height: 61 cm
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Width: 43 cm
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Depth: 29 cm
Materials
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Plaster
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Paint / pigment
Specific techniques used
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Casting
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Polychromy
Overall colour
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Monochrome – black
Inscriptions
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Bottom left: 'A v Wouw / Pretoria'
Does the Black person have a specific identity?
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Identifiable: specific individual
Identity of Black person (real or fictive)
Role within sculpture
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Main protagonist
Gender
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Male
Age
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Senior
Status
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Royal
Clothing
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No clothes included (head)
Evidence of enslavement
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None
Evidence of 'exotic' status
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None
Action or activity
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Not relevant (head)
Emotional state
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Noble/proud
Focus of gaze of Black person
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Looking upwards
Sculptural context
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No location included/implied
Sculptor
Place of production
Period of production
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Twentieth century (1900-1999)
Date inferred from
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Inferred from dates when sculptor is active
Original purpose
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Unknown
Original display setting
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Unknown
Current owner
Current / most recently known location
Accession number
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SC3
Current rights holder
License terms for reuse
http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/477, . (no date) ‘Lobengula Khumalo’, Black People in European Sculpture, accessed May 5, 2025, http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/487
