General
General
Object Auto ID
71088
Alternate Codes
231176
Common Name
Watercolour
Classified Name
Painting
Local Name
Untitled [Standing Woman]; [14 water-colour drawings.]
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
A standing Khoi woman facing the viewer. She wears a yellow and white striped skirt, a white and dark green patterned shawl and a red headscarf. She has a yellow cloth tied around her jaw and knotted on her head, possibly for tooth ache. General landscape background in light pencil. (Part of a portfolio, see 33039)

Provenance

Purchased from Miss J Harnett, Kenilworth, 150 pounds. ON (Order Number?) 153961 8/3/1961.

Description
Technique Types
Watercolour
Distinguishing Features

Indigenous peoples Khoi medical toothache

Inscriptions
b.r. signed "J.W", t.r. numbered 5.
Measurement Type Unit Value
History
Object Age Comment
c. 1842
Maker Comment
W., J.
Collector Comment
Watercolour and pencil
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