Copy of a Khoisan painting

Collection type: Object
Description: Copy of a Khoisan painting
Long description: Picture of six figures painted on yellow/grey card. The figures are outlined and then filled with black, white and red/brown paint. Three of the figures are carrying pointed black spears. They are hunting two quadrupeds. Written bottom left of the card 'Grey Collection.' Written bottom right - 'Cave at Mangolong, Maluti (J. M. Orpen)'. Written on the reverse - '13' and 'From the cave at Mangolong, in the Maluti'. 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
Person: Maker Joseph Millard Orpen; Field collector Joseph Millard Orpen; PRM source Alexander Mcgreggor Memorial Museum, Kimberley; PRM source Maria Wilman
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 366 mm, Height 266 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1925.46.36 Other numbers: 13

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