Two Khoikhoi people (South African tribe) tearing the intestines of an ox apart to eat; four men seated in the background, one of them eating intestines of the ox. Engraving, 1768.

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[1768]
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578844i
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Two Khoikhoi people (South African tribe) tearing the intestines of an ox apart to eat; four men seated in the background, one of them eating intestines of the ox. Engraving, 1768. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Surrounded by a rococo border

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[London] : [J. Cooke], [1768]

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1 print : engraving ; image 10 x 15.4 cm

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Hottentots tearing to pieces a dead ox and eating it

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Wellcome Collection 578844i

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