Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
[The book] presents the record of a remarkable overland journey documented by the botanist Mary Agard Pocock and illustrated with her photographs, sketches and paintings of southern Angola, its people and its plants. The purpose of the six-month-long expedition, by boat, on foot and by machila, was primarily for the renowned ethnologist Dorothea Bleek to collect ethnographic information of the last remaining Bushmen of the region. Besides her role as aide-de-camp, Mary Pocock's intention was to study the flora. She collected almost 1000 plant specimens from this virtually unexplored region, several of which proved to be new to science. A talented artist and photographer, Pocock also described, painted and photographed Bushmen in the villages. These are unque and rare representations of daily activities such as spinning cotton, preparing food, forging metal, playing musical instruments and dancing. Her meticulous daily travel account, glass plate slides, negatives, sketches and paintings have now been rescued from oblivion and collated, edited and presented here by Tony Dold and Jean Kelly for the first time.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Showing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1
Bushmen, Botany and Baking Bread: Mary Pocock's Record of a Journey with Dorothea Bleek Across Angola In 1925
2021, NISC (Pty) Limited (National Inquiry Services Centre (Pty) Ltd)
in English
1920033750 9781920033750
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
2
Bushmen, botany and baking bread: Mary Pocock's record of a journey with Dorothea Bleek across Angola in 1925
2018, NISC
in English
1920033300 9781920033309
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
Published in
Grahamstown
Table of Contents
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?November 3, 2021 | Created by ImportBot | import new book |