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Khoikhoi (African people)

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  • Just arrived from London, and, by permission, will be exhibited here for a few days at Mr. James's Sale Rooms, corner of Lord-street : that most wonderful phenomenom of nature, the Hottentot Venus : the only one ever exhibited in Europe.
  • Just arrived from London, and, by permission, will be exhibited here for a few days at Mr. James's Sale Rooms, corner of Lord-street : that most wonderful phenomenom of nature, the Hottentot Venus : the only one ever exhibited in Europe.
  • Khoi people of the Gonaqua kingdom, southern Africa. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819, after F. Le Vaillant.
  • Cape of Good Hope: customs, costumes and animals. Engraving, 1732.
  • Bushmen children.
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    Bushmen children.

    | Date: [1845]
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    Khoi people of the Gonaqua kingdom, southern Africa. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819, after F. Le Vaillant.

    Le Vaillant, François, 1753-1824. | Date: [1819] | Reference: 2851700i
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    Beschreibung des Vorgebürges der guten Hoffnung und derer darauf wohnenden Hottentotten. Worinnen von der natürlichen Beschaffenheit des Landes, von den Gebräuchen der Einwohner, ingleichen von der Einrichtung dasiger holländischer Colonien zuverlässige Nachricht gegeben wird / Gezogen aus den Anmerckungen des Herrn M. Peter Kolbens ... Mit einer Land-Charte und vielen Kupfern. [Tr. by F.W. Beer from J. Bertrand's French abridgement].

    Kolb, Peter, 1675-1726. | Date: 1745
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    Just arrived from London, and, by permission, will be exhibited here for a few days at Mr. James's Sale Rooms, corner of Lord-street : that most wonderful phenomenom of nature, the Hottentot Venus : the only one ever exhibited in Europe.

    | Date: [1810]
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    Cape of Good Hope: customs, costumes and animals. Engraving, 1732.

    Chatelain, Henri Abraham. | Date: 1732 | Reference: 563067i
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