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Arms of the Bush Hottentots and Ear Ornaments of the Kaffirs, Arms of the Khoikhoi and ornaments of the Xhosa, print, book illustration, Numbered top left: Pl. V., watermark, Netherlands, publisher: Luchtmans, Samuel & Joannes, Leiden, publisher: Martinus de Bruyn, Amsterdam, 1787, printmaker, paper, etching, proof, height 205 mm x width 122 mm, Proof of a print from: Sparman, Anders Erikson. Journey to the Cape of Good Hope, the lands of the South Pole, and around the world, but mainly in the lands of the Hottentots and Kaffirs, undertaken in the years 1772 to 1776 by Andreas Sparman, Leiden: S. and J. Luchtmans, Amsterdam: M. de Bruijn, vol. 1, pl. 5, before p. 233., weapons, Khoikhoi, ornaments, jewels, archer's weapons, A vertical arrangement of detailed pen-and-ink drawings on aged paper depicting various elongated objects and accessories including a cylindrical container with woven texture and a strap, a set of slender pointed implements emerging from the container, a long tapered shaft with wrapped midsection and a pointed tip, a long hollow tube with a notched end and wrapped base, a curved hooked tool with a bulbous end, a coiled looped band with a knotted bead, and faint handwritten script along the bottom edge partially visible against the paper.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B33_024

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

35.7Mo (8.4Mo) / 22.2cm x 40.3cm / 2619 x 4765 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Arms Bush Hottentots Ear Ornaments Kaffirs Khoikhoi ornaments Xhosa print book illustration Numbered top left Pl V watermark Netherlands publisher Luchtmans Samuel & Joannes Leiden Martinus de Bruyn Amsterdam 1787 printmaker paper etching proof height 205 mm x width 122 mm Proof Sparman Anders Erikson Journey Cape Good Hope lands South Pole world mainly Hottentots undertaken years 1772 1776 Andreas Sparman S J M de Bruijn vol 1 pl 5 p 233 weapons jewels archer's weapons vertical arrangement detailed pen- -ink drawings aged paper depicting various elongated objects accessories cylindrical container woven texture strap set slender pointed implements emerging container long tapered shaft wrapped midsection pointed tip long hollow tube notched wrapped base curved hooked tool bulbous coiled looped band knotted bead faint handwritten script bottom edge partially visible paper