A wedding ceremony among the Khoikhoi of South Africa, the men all wearing fur capes, loincloths and earrings. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. Goedsche (1785-1863) was a German writer, bookseller and publisher in Meissen. Many of the illustrations were adapted from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" and others.

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Size: 4655px × 3776px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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