The kraal of “Captain” Coba (or Kobé), a chief of the Gqunukhwebe

The kraal of “Captain” Coba (or Kobé), a chief of the Gqunukhwebe

RP-T-1914-17-73

Stamhoofd Coba, of Kobe, mogelijk kleinzoon van Gwali, van de stam Ama-Gwali.

annotation, Lower margin, handwritten in brown ink: ‘Caffer Craal van Capitein Coba’ hand Sch

draftsman (artist): Robert Jacob Gordon, Great Fish River (South Africa) (possibly)

1777-10

pen en penseel in inkt, penseel in waterverf in groen, grijs, zwart, lichtbruin, blauw en enig geel en rozerood, over potlood of zwart krijt, gehoogd met wit, driedubbele kaderlijnen oplopend in breedte rondom, opgeplakt, penseel in dekverf

• height 660 mm x width 480 mm
• height 270 mm x width 413 mm
• height 220 mm x width 370 mm

Gordon visited Coba’s village on 12th December 1777 and again between 15th and 17th October 1778. Probably set at the Great Fish River, near Somerset East, where the Gqunukhwebe were then settled.

Purchased with the support of private collectors

purchase 1914

Public domain

Afb. op website www.uct.ac.za/depts/age/people/Gordon, als: Chief Coba or Kobe, possibly a grandson of Gwali, of the Ama-Gwali: family and village.

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