Khoikhoi woman with infant, c.1675-c.1725. Creator: Anon

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Khoikhoi woman with infant, c.1675-c.1725. Creator: Anon

Khoikhoi woman with infant, c.1675-c.1725. On her back she carries her child who suckles from the breast she has thrown over her shoulder, a well-known cliche in Western depictions of indigenous people. In her left hand she holds a dripping piece of intestine, alluding to the Khoikhoi habit of eating raw innards. This drawing has been copied from a print in Thomas Herbert's Some Yeares Travels into Africa and Asia the Great (1634)

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