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Collection of 25 photographs of German South-West Africa, depicting native peoples, agricultural settlements, and the varied landscapes of the region.
[Windhoek, ca. 1899]. (GERMAN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA) 4-3/4 x 6-1/2 inches, on larger mounts. Photographs mounted on cards (most gilt-edged) and titled in ink in calligraphic script. Occasional faint spotting to mats, else fine. ΒΆ Apparently the work of two photgraphic studios in Windhoek (F. Lange and R. Wywias), the series of images depicts the many contrasts of the German settlement in South-West Africa (present-day Namibia), from arid stony landscapes to rich pastures and farmlands to a river in flood. The variety of tribal life is also recorded: perhaps the most striking portrait is of Kamasembi, the blind Herero "kaptein" or chief; other images show a family of Bushmen, Ovambos working in the fields; a cluster of Ovambo granaries with conical grass roofs; a poor Herero woman and her children; and a small Herero village of domed mud huts. The views of Keetmanshoop and Klein Windhoek depict tiny settlements in the midst of vast spaces; other views include a mission station in Ongiva, Ovamboland; a giant termite hill; landscapes in Ovamboland and the Waterberg; Voigts Farm, with grazing long-horned cattle and a solitary ostrich before a mist-ringed peak (with herds of ostrich and angora goats depicted in other photos); herds of livestock at Hoffnung ("Hope") Farm. There are also pictures of a sixteen-oxen wagon train and a Boer farmer plowing behind a team of eight long-horned oxen. A notable selection of photographs depicting German South-West Africa at the dawn of the twentieth century
Offered for US$ 3000.00 by: James Cummins Bookseller - Book number: 39713