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UP Museums have turned some of our favourite collections into puzzles.
Instructions: (1) Click on one of the images below for the puzzle you would like to build. The link to Jigsaw Explorer will open with the puzzle you have chosen. (2) A small grey option block will apear infront of the puzzle. (3) You can click 'OK' to continue with the amount of generated pieces, or you can click the 9 blocks icon left in the option block to choose from a 6 piece puzzle up to a 1026 piece puzzle.
Please click on the image and enjoy the puzzles!
Levels of difficulty to get you started: Easy (10 - 20 pieces) Medium (40 pieces) Difficult (60 - 100 pieces)
Medium (40 pieces)
Mandala II, 1992
Bettie Celliers-Barnard (1914 - 2010)
Oil on canvas
900mm x 900mm
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Difficult (100 pieces)
Still Life with Watermelons, 1948
Irma Stern (1894 - 1966)
Oil on canvas
840mm x 600mm
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Easy (20 pieces)
Untitled gourd-shaped vessel, 2016
Nicolas Sithole
High-fired earthenware
690mm x 480mm
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Difficult (60 pieces)
Giraffe, 1995
Kunyanda Shikamo (1954 - )
Acrylic on canvas
535mm x 645mm
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Medium (40 pieces)
Leopard Attacking a Man, ca 1990
Johannes Maswanganyi (1949 - )
Carved and painted wood
1500mm x 850mm x 600mm
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Difficult (60 pieces)
Keep on Praying, 1996
Patrick Matloa (1952 - )
Oil on canvas with a wooden frame
850mm x 650mm
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Difficult (80 pieces)
Why Defy (disasters of Piece Series), 2001
Diane Victor (1964 - )
Etching and aquatint on paper
215mm x 280mm
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Difficult (60 pieces)
Crocodile Eating a Goat, 2006
Noria Mabasa (1938 - )
Wood
210mm x 1000mm x 350mm
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Medium (40 pieces)
Simangele, 2019
Philiswa Lila (1988 - )
Bead, string and wood
1600mm x 670mm
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Difficult (60 pieces)
Spirits of the Ancestors, 1996
Henriette Ngako (1943 - )
Traditional ceramic sculpture painted in polichrome colours on earthenware
440mm x 390mm
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Difficult (80 pieces)
Self Portrait After Gustav Klimp's Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 2013
Amita Makan (1967 - )
Silk, organza with vintage saris, sequins and gold fabric paint
1570mm x 1000mm
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Medium (67 pieces)
President Nelson Mandela I, 1998
Mike Edwards (1938 - )
Cemcrete
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Medium (67 pieces)
Nelson Mandela, 2017
Zelda Stroud (1964 - )
Bronze
480mm x 340mm
Edoardo Villa Museum
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Medium (67 pieces)
Mandela, 2017
Claudette Schreuders (1973 - )
Chine collé lithographe
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Medium (60 pieces)
First Expedition Camp, 1933
Mapungubwe Image Collection
Mapungubwe Archives
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Medium (40 pieces)
Old Arts Building
Chief Architect, Piercy James Eagle (1875-1932)
1910, Sandstone and Slate
National Monument in 1968
University of Pretoria Museums
Pretoria, South Africa
Photo credit: University of Pretoria Museums
Easy (20 pieces)
Cloak as a Dagger, 2016
Avitha Sooful (1964 - )
Jacaranda Wood
Height: 800 mm
Art Collection, 920801
Photo credit: University of Pretoria Museums
Difficult (60 pieces)
The Sacrifice, 1988
Leonard Matsoso (1949- 2010)
Pen and ink on paper or oil pastel on paper?
1000mm x 950mm
Art Collection, 943483
Photo credit: University of Pretoria Museums
Easy (10 pieces)
Gold Rhino Figurine
AD 1220 - AD 1250
Mapungubwe Hill, South Africa
152mm x 55mm
Mapungubwe Gold Collection
University of Pretoria
Photo credit: University of Pretoria Museums
Easy (20 pieces)
Mapungubwe gold beads
Mapungubwe Hill, Burial Area
AD 1250 - AD 1290
1.35mm (min) x 4.40mm (max)
Mapungubwe Collection, MAP/G/097
Photo credit: University of Pretoria Museums
Difficult (60 pieces)
The earliest photograph of Mapungubwe Hill
1933, Monochrome
Mapungubwe Archive
University of Pretoria
Photo credit: University of Pretoria Museums
Easy (20 pieces)
Chinese Blanc de Chine Dehua figure
Qing Dynasty
Qianlong, 1736-1795
Porcelain, 155mm x 95mm
Van Tilburg Collection, 293006
Photo credit: University of Pretoria Museums
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