General
General
Object Auto ID
72975
Alternate Codes
159834
Common Name
Watercolour
Classified Name
Painting
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
The heads of two women seen from behind showing two different hair styles. The woman on the top has a tuft of hair on the top of her head and is wearing a necklace made from bones. The woman on the bottom has two pins in her hair and is wearing four beaded necklaces. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Differentes coeffures [coiffures] des Caffres.; Different Kaffir [sic] coiffures. [Prof Glenn: Various Xhosa hairstyles]

Provenance

Purchased at Sotheby's, London in 1963

Description
Technique Types
Watercolour
Distinguishing Features

Xhosa traditional African hair styles ornaments decorations

Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Unframed and mounted in a box; Image size (inside border) 396 x 283 mm
History
Object Age Comment
[1785-1795, 1811]
Maker Comment
LE VAILLANT, Francois, 1753-1824. Reinold, Johann Lebrecht
User Comment
Exhibition curated by Prof Ian Glenn at S.A. Museum: Nov 2012 - May 2013
Collector Comment
Watercolour on paper
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