South Africa, Khoikhoi Tanning Hides
1. Hoe de Hottentotten hunne vellen bereyden 2. Besmeeren die met vet 3. En koe mest loppen de zelve uyt 5. Hoe zy die aan stukkensnyden en 6. Hoe zy die vellen te zamen nayen (1. How the Hottentots prepared their skins 2. Dirt them with fat 3. And cow manure lick the self u 5. How they do it to pieces and 6. How they put those sheets together). The Khoikhoi are the traditionally nomadic pastoralist non-Bantu indigenous population of southwestern Africa. Peter Kolbe (1675-1726) was a Dutch astronomer and naturalist. He is best remembered for his publication Naauwkeurige beschryving van de Kaap de Goede Hoop, describing the geography, climate, flora and fauna, followed by an accurate study of the Hottentots (Khoikhoi), covering their language, religion, lifestyle and customs. Image appeared in: Naauwkeurige beschryving van de Kaap de Goede Hoop by Peter Kolbe, 1727.
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