South Africa, Khoikhoi Funeral Rites

Manier van begraven onder de Hottentotten (Way of burial under the Hottentots). The Khoikhoi are the traditionally nomadic pastoralist non-Bantu indigenous population of southwestern Africa. Burials took place as soon as possible after death. The Khoikhoi did not have a well-developed conception of an afterlife, and funeral ceremonies were appropriately unelaborated. Peter Kolbe (1675-1726) was a Dutch astronomer and naturalist. He is best remembered for his publication Naauwkeurige beschryving van de Kaap de Goede Hoop, describing the geography, climate, flora and fauna, followed by an accurate study of the Hottentots (Khoikhoi), covering their language, religion, lifestyle and customs. Cropped, original sized image appeared in: Naauwkeurige beschryving van de Kaap de Goede Hoop by Peter Kolbe, 1727

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