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A Tswana or Kora knife with its sheath

[Within the image, next to the drawings, hand G:]
het mes ; het mes in de schede; de schede van agteren

[In lower margin, hand Sch:]
Messen dewelke de moetsjoäna en Capii's Natie seer kunstig maken, zynde de heften en zcheden van ievoor waarop allerley zoort van dieren in basreleif uitgesneden sijn.
de proportie is de regte grote van het mes.
dese Natie legt omtrent de 26 en 27 Z. brete noord oostelijk van de Caap.

[In lower margin, hand Sch:]
A knife and its sheath, of Tswana or Kora manufacture The knife; the knife in the sheath; the sheath from the rear

[In lower margin, hand Sch:]
Knives which the Tswana and Capii peoples make most ingeniously; the handles and sheathes being of ivory in which all sorts of animals are carved in low relief.
The proportion is the true size of the knife
These peoples live around the 26th and 27 degree South latitude, north east of the Cape.

Object data

  • Place: Probably the north bank or the Orange River
  • Date: Probably November 1777
  • Size: h 41.3 cm × w 26.7 cm
  • Object nummer: RP-T-1914-17-92