Batswana man and woman, South Africa, circa 1800.

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Batswana man and woman, South Africa, circa 1800 (modern Botswana). The man wears feathers and earrings, an animal skin cape, and carries spears and a basket. The woman sits next to an axe and bowl, smoking a pipe, wearing an animal skin skirt. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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Size: 4880px × 5968px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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