34340 (67) Artwork

General

Object Auto ID

72998

Alternate Codes

159801

Common Name

Watercolour

Classified Name

Painting

Quantity

1.00

Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
16 items of clothing and ornaments, tortoise shell ornament on the right. (Part of a collection, see 34340)16 numbered drawings of clothing and ornaments worn by natives.; See Notes for source: 1. Woman's apron (Nama Hottentot) 2. Woman's apron (Nama Hottentot or Xhosa) 3. Man's apron (Bushman) 4. Man's ornamental apron (Nama) 5-9. Earrings (Bushman or Hottentot) 10. Man's apron (Gonaqua or Cape Hottentot) 11. Nerita-shell ornament (Gonaqua, Xhosa or Cape Hottentot) 12. Necklace of seeds and ostrich-egg shell beads (Bushman) 13. Woman's head-dress (Cape Hottentot) 14-15. Bangles (Bushman) 16. Tortoise shell used as powder box (Bushman or Nama)

Provenance

Purchased at Sotheby's, London in 1963

Description

Technique Types

Watercolour

Distinguishing Features

Ornaments, African. Utensils, indigenous Kitchen Clothing traditional

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Dimension Comments

Unframed and mounted in a box; Image size (inside border) 507 x 319 mm

History

Object Age Comment

[1785-1795, 1811]

Maker Comment

LE VAILLANT, Francois, 1753-1824. Reinold, Johann Lebrecht

User Comment

Le Vaillant exhibition Museum Room Parliament July 2008 - June 2010 Exhibition curated by Prof Ian Glenn at S.A. Museum: Nov 2012 - May 2013

Collector Comment

Watercolour on paper

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