Eland bones from 'Double Vision'
Pippa Skotnes2006
Origins Centre
Johannesburg, South Africa
The eland bones form a part of the Double Vision installation. A full eland skeleton is displayed. On the bones are written powerful phrases and poems from the San, portraying their mythology and beliefs.
The cabinets in this installation represent individual identities; focusing on the ways in which differences in seeing and representing have constructed identities. It reflects the foundational significance of history and the way in which history is chaotically and randomly assembled in an archive. The display is divided into sections, each of which reflects on and interprets aspects of the experience of Origins Centre.
- Title: Eland bones from 'Double Vision'
- Creator: Pippa Skotnes and Malcolm Payne, with poetry and phrases by San (/Xam) individuals
- Date Created: 2006
- Location Created: Johannesburg, South Africa
- Physical Dimensions: Exhibit
- Type: Museum Exhibit
- Original Source: Origins Centre, University of the Witwatersrand
- Rights: Origins Centre
- Medium: Bone
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