Ilitye Lika Phungela (Stone Of Phungela)

BONGO MEI

Title: Ilitye Lika Phungela (Stone Of Phungela), 2021

Edition: Unique Original

Medium: Charcoal On Paper

Dimensions: 58cm x 42cm, 22.83in x 16.54in, Unframed

Phungela as the judge of morality and traditional affairs left a stone when he was decomposed by the Sun God, Langa Libalele, to keep the commandments and law he revealed. The stone stands as statue for capital punishment, where perpetrators are thrown over it to suffer eternal punishment.