2-701-157 - Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images

Vol II Gonqui Hottentots of the Cape 'whose skin is lighter than other Hottentots, and their noses less flat, and they are taller'; Pl. 57. from 'Le Costume Ancien et Moderne' c.1820-39 (colour lithograph). From the collection by Giulio Ferrario (1767-1847) of Costumi dei... [respective countries/areas], pub. 1820s/30s; engraved by Fumagalli, Bramatti et al; The Khoikhoi/Koi, called Hottentots by early white settlers, are the indigenous people of South Africa.