General
General
Object Auto ID
75246
Common Name
Engraving
Classified Name
Engraving
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Full-length image of a Khoi woman, looking straight at the viewer. She is wrapped in a kaross with many pieces of beadwork jewelry around her neck and waist. She also wears a beaded apron and a head covering. (Part of a book, see 5326)Voyage de M. Le Vaillant dans l'interieur de l'Afrique, par le Cap de Bonne-Esperance, dans annes 1780, 81, 82, 83, 84, qnd 85.; La Hottentote

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Distinguishing Features

Khoi woman traditional dress decorations beadwork kaross apron

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History
Object Age Comment
1780 (1790)
Maker Comment
LE VAILLANT, Francois, 1753-1824
Production Place
Paris
Collector Comment
Hand-coloured engraving
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