General
    General
    Object Auto ID
    83179
    Alternate Codes
    159217
    Common Name
    Watercolour
    Classified Name
    Local Name
    Hottentot woman leaning against a cannon; [8 studies of Hottentots and a Malay priest. c.1838]
    Quantity
    1.00
    Object Description

    The Parliament Collection:
    Depiction with negative undertones of a Khoi woman wearing a tattered Western-style dress and a red head scarf. She leans against a cannon which in turn leans against a wall. She holds a short-stemmed clay pipe in her left hand. Set in a street with buildings faintly drawn in the background, including a house with a dakkamer (room in the roof).

    Provenance

    Purchased 1941 - see notes

    Description
    Technique Types
    Distinguishing Features

    Indigenous peoples Khoi cannon pipe smoking

    Inscriptions
    No visible inscription
    Measurement Type Unit Value
    History
    Object Age Comment
    c.1838
    Maker Comment
    WEBB SMITH, Christopher, 1793-1871, possibly by
    Collector Comment
    Watercolour on paper
    Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
    Site Association
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