Khoikhoi woman with infant, On her back she carries her child who suckles from the breast she has thrown over her shoulder, a well-known cliché in Western depictions of indigenous people. In her left hand she holds a dripping piece of intestine, alluding to the Khoikhoi habit of eating raw innards. This drawing has been copied from a print in Thomas Herbert's 'Some Yeares Travels into Africa and Asia the Great' (1634).

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