Bosjesman playing the gorah.
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832882
Item data
Title
Bosjesman playing the gorah.
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
Music -- Regional -- African
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1879-04
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC MUSIC-Reg-Afr
Subjects
Africans -- Music
Musical notation
Khoikhoi (African people)
Musical instruments -- Africa
Musicians -- African
Gora (Musical instrument)
Indigenous peoples
Genres
Notes
Content: Written on image: "Hottentut [i.e. Hottentot]" Printed on image: "Andante" Includes additional text.
Source Note: Harper's magazine. (New York : Harper Brothers, 1850-).
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 12.4 x 8.9 cm.
Left side of image cropped. Red spots on image.
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17487577
Barcode: 33333159451307
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a67e3b00-c558-012f-ac23-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1879-04
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Bosjesman playing the gorah." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a67e3b00-c558-012f-ac23-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. Bosjesman playing the gorah. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a67e3b00-c558-012f-ac23-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Bosjesman playing the gorah." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a67e3b00-c558-012f-ac23-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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