Thomas Baines(British, 1820-1875)A Damara woman 21 x 15.9 cm. (8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.) unframed
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inscribed 'Saturday 18th'
watercolour
21 x 15.9 cm. (8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
unframed
Footnotes
PROVENANCE:
Henry Simpson, Asst Chief Clerk at the Royal Geographical Society.
By direct descent.
'The costume of the (Damara) women is still more singular. Strings of beads, either of glass or iron, or from the ostrich egg-shell, are hung round their neck and hips, the latter being enriched by a broad loose belt, with pieces of shell or white beads worked on it. Their anklets are formed of iron strung upon leather thongs...while iron in various forms is profusely used, either as rings for the arms and wrists or beads to decorate the body.'
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
T. Baines, Explorations in South-West Africa, London, 1864, p.47.