David Ballam - Ilha 76 Format:Unframed Canvas 180cm x 120cm and are as at home

and are as at home on your garden wall as your front door table

cut with the geometric patterning historically used across West Africa to dazzle and disorient an opponent in battle — as much a symbol of status as a tool of defence

A round shield carved from a single piece of wood

Plant pot & saucer

David Ballam - Ilha 76 Format:Unframed Canvas 180cm x 120cm and are as at homeA selection of images taken in and around Ilha de Moambique. The island, which is located in northern Mozambique, was used as a vital trading link between Asia, Africa and Europe. For 400 years the island was to be the capital of Portuguese East Africa. David Ballam was born and schooled in Johannesburg, South Africa. He first attended university in Cape Town but later moved to Rhodes University in the Eastern Cape. He was introduced to the camera by