General
General
Object Auto ID
83185
Alternate Codes
159213
Common Name
Watercolour
Classified Name
Painting
Local Name
Bechuana women; [Six Hottentot, African and Malay studies by an unidentified artist, and one of a Malay woman by a different unknown artist. c.1838]
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Two women in traditional dress. The one on the right wears a kaross and holds a parasol made of ostrich feathers.

Provenance

Purchased 1941 - see notes

Description
Technique Types
Painting
Distinguishing Features

Africans. Bechuanas Traditional dress ostrich feathers kaross

Inscriptions
b.c. Title "Bechuana women"
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
7 ( 19358 (iv)-(vii), (x), (xiii), (xvii) framed in one. New frame brown wood with gold inset.; Visible image 103 x 103 mm
History
Object Age Comment
Unknown, possibly c.1838
Maker Comment
ARTIST UNKNOWN (See Notes)
Collector Comment
Watercolour on paper
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
Site Association
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