Stepping into the sixty-year-old Blue Marlin Hotel in the small Kwazulu Natal South Coast town of Scottburgh, one is greeted by a tiny little curio shop, jam-packed with colourful African artwork.
While the exterior of this old hotel has not changed as far back as I can remember, the interior has been refurbished into a modern and contemporary style.
Brightly coloured beaded bangles that must have taken hours of patient labour. I found it interesting learning about the significance of the colour of the beads.
Black - power and protection
Blue - loyalty and truth
Brown – earth and stability
Gold – good health, power and wealth
Purple – royalty, spirituality and wisdom
Green – abundance, fertility, nature and prosperity
White – light, truth and purity
Orange – courage, self confidence and vitality
Yellow – energy, joy and happiness
Pink – care, beauty, love and kindness
Red – confidence and vitality
Turquoise – communication and self awareness
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Bangles to adorn the wrist
Earrings for the special occasion
Necklaces - some simple and others beautifully ornate
Colourful fabric bags in ethnic prints
Keyrings resembling miniature drums made with leather and beads
Hand-woven baskets made with colourful recycled telephone wire
Wood-carvings - some useful items and others merely decorative
Painted wood carved artwork
Painted wood-carved masks and salad servers. Top right is a traditional Umqhele, a circular headband made with animal fur which was worn by soldiers and elitists.
Painted hand-carved sandstone artwork
Painted Ostrich eggs
Painted Ostrich egg candle holders
I hope you enjoyed my #marketfriday shopping as much as I did, a colourful feast for sure!
The lovely @dswigle showed us a feast of a different kind, sharing various cultures, from Scottish Highland Games, a Civil War Re-enactment as well as an ancient Inca pyramid building which must have been fascinating!
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