Contributor |
Le Vaillant, François, 1753-1824 |
Title |
Hottentote [graphic]. |
Publisher |
[Paris: s.n] |
Publisher |
FRANCE. Paris. 1790 |
Date |
[1790] |
Physical Description |
1 print: engraving; overall 20 x 12 cm. (8 x 4.75 in) |
Description |
Image of a young Hottentot (i.e., Khoikhoi) woman whom Le Vaillant met during his travels. The woman wears typical Khoikhoi
dress: namely, a cape made from sheep or badger's skin. She does not, however, wear the customary fur loin-cloth -- an oversight
allowing the illustrator to show her genitalia. Like many Khoikhoi women (including Saarti Baartman, the so-called "Hottentot
Venus," who was crudely "exhibited" to European audiences in the early nineteenth century), the woman shown here has a "vagina
dentata," which Le Vaillant described as a "natural apron." (See the English translation of Le Vaillant, Travels into the
Interior Parts of Africa [London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, 1796], vol. 2, p. 353)
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Is part of |
Le Vaillant, François, 1753-1824. Voyage dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance. Paris: Chez Leroy, Libraire,
rue Saint-Jacques; vis-à-vis celle de la Parcheminerie, no. 15, 1790.
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Notes |
Plate in François Le Vaillant's Voyage de Monsieur Le Vaillant dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance:
dans les Années 1780, 81, 82, 83, 84 & 85 (A Paris: Chez Leroy, Libraire, rue Saint-Jacques; vis-à-vis celle de la Parcheminerie,
no. 15, M.DCC.LXXXX [1790]), vol. 2, p. 346.
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Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography. |
Subject |
Khoikhoi (African people) -- Portraits. |
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Khoikhoi (African people) -- Clothing & dress. |
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Women -- South Africa. |
Geographic subject |
South Africa -- Pictorial works -- 18th century. |
Genre |
Engravings -- 1820-1830. |
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Book illustrations -- 1820-1830. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | U Afri Leva 1790 9861.O v 2 p 346 |
Accession number |
9861.O |