MUSEUM SHOPS | November 2024

The Lynn Godfrey Brown Shop at the Museum of International Folk Art has brought a piece of Africa to New Mexico. The Shop is filled with new telephone wire baskets, shirts, totes and more to celebrate the opening of the exhibition, iNgqikithi yokuPhica / Weaving Meanings: Telephone Wire Art from South Africa.

Khethayiphi Ndwandwe. Basket(detail), 2003. Telephone wire and steel wire; hard-wire techniqueKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. David Arment Southern African Collection, Museum of International FolkArt, FA.2024.12.45

We have a number of telephone wire baskets arriving from South Africa from master weavers Nobuhle Maphumulo, Ntombifuthi Magwasa, and Zodwa Sibiya. In addition to these larger art pieces, we will also have smaller baskets, bowls, coasters, ornaments, and vessels for those looking to bring home a splash of color as well as some statements in black and white. The Shop will also feature some telephone wire jewelry, as well as some beaded necklaces and earrings from Zulu. To complement these beautiful works of art, the Shop will also carry socks from AfroPop, a custom designed t-shirt featuring a basket from Zama Khanyile, and the newly revised edition of Wired: Contemporary Zulu Telephone Wire Baskets. An assortment of these items will also be available online at shopmuseum.org. We hope to see you opening weekend.