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Family group
Object Number 2004.29.11068
Display Title Family group
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written on board: "Bushmen / Family group. All of them are pure stock so far as could be learned / and judged by their characteristics / These people originally come from a more Southern district, probably / the Drakensberger Cape Colony - from where they were driven by the Swage / tribe and most of them killed. / The old man and the old woman standing in the centre were in / their native state until forty years ago. They are now about / seventy or seventy five. / Photographed at Caka Rangher / first August 1971 by / Benevan Rippen David / Jan. 1918"
Department Photographic
Date 1918
Artist Dr. Bene van Rippen
Culture
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 12.065 × 17.145 cm (4 3/4 × 6 3/4 in.)
Historical Language
Museum staff recognize the offensive nature of the term "Bushmen" in describing individuals. The term is listed here as it is part of the original documentation of past collecting practices and past methods of analysis.
Provenance
Donor Donated by Dr. Bene van Rippen

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