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Four men
Object Number 2004.29.11072
Display Title Four men
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written on board: "Bushmen / Gift of Dr. Bene Van Rippen / January 1918 / See Over / (verso) Three Bushmen of Lake Chryssie front view. / The boy standing behind measures 5 feet 5 inches, / and was placed there for comparison. / These men always lived at Lake Chryssie and / remember no other abode. They lived there - their / national state until the boers came, for whom / they are now employed as farm hands. They are / trustful and hard workers and exceed the ordinary / [offensive term] in faithfulness. They are very fond of / eating snails frogs and different kinds of roots. / Photographed at Lake Chryssie / August 1917 by / Bene van Rippen D.M.D."
Department Photographic
Date 1917
Artist Dr. Bene van Rippen
Culture
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa / Transvaal
Additional Geographic Terms Lake Chryssie
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 17.145 × 10.16 cm (6 3/4 × 4 in.)
Historical Language
Museum staff recognize the offensive nature of the term "Bushman" 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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