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1925.46.35

Copy of a Khoisan painting.

1925.46.35

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Collection type
Object
Description
Copy of a Khoisan painting.
Long description
Picture of five figures painted on grey card. The figures are outlined and then filled with black paint. One figure has white spots painted on the black all over it. Written bottom left of the card 'Grey Collection. Cape Town' and bottom right ''From a tracing by J. M. Orpen. From the upper cave at Mangolong, in the Maluti.' Written on the reverse '12' and 'Natives. 3 men with keries and assegais, 2 women. From the Grey Collection, Cape Town.'. Stamped on the reverse 'ALEXANDER MCGREGOR MEMORIAL MUSEUM, KIMBERLEY'. [MdeA 7/6/99]
Geographical reference
South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa
Maluti Mountains Mangolong
Cultural groups
Khoe-San
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1925
Date collected
By 1925
Acquisition information
Donated: 1925, uncertain Found unentered: 06/1999
Materials and processes
Material Pigment, Material Paper Plant, Material Cardboard Paper Plant, Material Watercolour Paint, Process Painted, Process Drawn
Dimensions
Length 365 mm, Height 268 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1925.46.35 Other numbers: 12

Search terms: Picture and Graphic Art, Reproduction, Painting, Drawing