Mid 20th Century Cowhide Framed and Signed Zulu Warrior Art by JPM Silver.

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The artwork shown in your image is a mid-century style painting depicting a traditional Zulu dance, likely an Indlamu (a … Read more The artwork shown in your image is a mid-century style painting depicting a traditional Zulu dance, likely an Indlamu (a synchronized warrior dance characterized by high-kicking).

Visual Elements and Measurements
Subject: It features a line of Zulu dancers holding traditional Isihlangu (oval ox-hide shields) and dance sticks. They are wearing traditional attire, including white leg and arm bands (often made of cow tail fur).
Text Labels: It is titled "-ZULU-" in stylized block lettering on the lower-left corner.
Signature: The artist's signature appears on the lower right, which reads "J. P. M. Silver"

Paintings of this style and era—often created in South Africa or Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) around the 1960s to
1980s for the tourist and export market See less