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
Description
Technique Types
Distinguishing Features
Indigenous peoples Khoi cannon pipe smoking
Inscriptions
No visible inscription
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Dimension Comments
Unframed and mounted; Visible image 173 x 120 mm
History
History
Object Age Comment
c.1838
Maker Comment
WEBB SMITH, Christopher, 1793-1871, possibly by
Collector Comment
Watercolour on paper
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Site Association
Site Association
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