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- Permanent Link:
- https://digital.soas.ac.uk/AA00001578/00001
Material Information
- Title:
- "Bosjesman" in the act of shooting at a man or a beast
- Series Title:
- Watercolours depicting impressions of the indigenous groups of Southern Africa [in the form of racial 'types']
- Creator:
- [Anonymous]
- Place of Publication:
- [S.l.]
- Publisher:
- [painting]
- Publication Date:
- [19th century]
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 colour painting ; 24cm x 30.5cm
- Cultural Context:
- "Bosjesman", "Boesman", "Boushuana", or "Briqua" in Dutch or Hottentot in Englsih is a term that was historically used to refer to the Khoikhoi, the non-Bantu indigenous nomadic pastoralists of South Africa and Botswana. Originally, "Bosjesman" or "Boesman" was a characterisation of a person from the Boesmans River watershed. Today, a "Bosjesman" or "Boschemen" is the Dutch or Afrikaans term for a "Bushman" though the word may also be derogatory. "Boushuana" was a precursor of Bechuana as in British Bechuanaland and Bechuanaland Protectorate, the latter now Botswana. "Briqua" was another term, less frequently used by early European settlers, for the Khoikhoi people.
Subjects
- Subjects / Keywords:
- Khoikhoi (African people) ( lcsh )
- Spatial Coverage:
- Africa -- Botswana
Africa -- South Africa
- Coordinates:
- -24.658333 x 25.908333
-30 x 25
Notes
- Content Advice:
- The past, particularly of colonising cultures has not been kind to the colonised. This item was selected for digitisation not to offend but to reflect an historic perspective, in this instance to literally illustrate what was in the mind of the coloniser. ( English )
- General Note:
- One of four watercolours (originally part of a larger set) depicting impressions of the indigenous groups of Southern Africa [in the form of racial 'types']
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS University of London
- Holding Location:
- Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
 This item is licensed with the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivative License. This license allows others to download this work and share them with others as long as they mention the author and link back to the author, but they can’t change them in any way or use them commercially.- Resource Identifier:
- CWM/LMS/Home/Africa Pictures/13d ( SOAS Order with reference )
CWM/LMS/01/09/05/04/13 ( SOAS CALM reference )
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