General
    General
    Object Auto ID
    73000
    Alternate Codes
    159802
    Common Name
    Watercolour
    Classified Name
    Quantity
    1.00
    Object Description

    The Parliament Collection:
    Twenty drawings of various instruments, weapons, utensils and tools. At the top of the image is a drum and drum-stick and a guitar. In the center of the image there are four pots and a spoon. At the bottom of the image are various axes and clubs. (Part of a collection, see 34340)20 numbered drawings of native musical instruments, weapons, utensils and tools.; See Notes for source: 1-2. Drum and drum stick (Tanganyika or Central Mozambique?) 3-4. Drum and beater (Kirby accepts these as meant to be Hottentot.) 5. Guitar (Kirby accepts it as meant to be Hottentot.) 6. Mbira (sansa) (Angola?) 7-10. Earthenware pots 11. Wooden meat dish (Swazi or Zulu?) 12. Meat dish or head rest 13. Ornament with charm 14. Club (Pacific or South-East Asia?) 15. Adze (Pacific or South-East Asia?) 16. Greenstone club (New Caledonia) 17. Adze (Pacific or South-East Asia?) 18. Axe (Maty Island, New Guinea?) 19. Club (New Hebrides?) 20. Spoon (Nama Hottentot)

    Provenance

    Purchased at Sotheby's, London in 1963

    Description
    Technique Types
    Distinguishing Features

    weapons ornaments implements utensils kitchen musical instruments

    Measurement Type Unit Value
    Dimension Comments
    Unframed and mounted in a box; Image size (inside border) 502 x 317 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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