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Auction #129 begins on 26 Feb 2026

Bain (Donald "Kalahari")

THE BUSHMEN OF THE KALAHARI

Empire Exhibition, Johannesburg 1936

Published: Tillet & Sons, Johannesburg, 1936

Reserve: $300

Approximately:

Estimate: $350/400

Bidding opens: 26 Feb 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 5 Mar 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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16 pages., illus., staple bound paper wraps, ring binder holes towards spine

The Empire Exhibition of 1936 "was held on what is now the University of the Witwatersrand’s West Campus and was... a triumphant spectacle aimed at promoting Johannesburg and the Union of South Africa" 

Donald Bain " travelled with Ç‚Khomani community members from the southern Kalahari to the Empire Exhibition in Johannesburg. This was an attempt to spread awareness about their plight as the land that they lived on had been declared The Gemsbok National Park in 1931, reducing their access to natural resources."

Copies of this catalogue were sold at the exhibition for 1 shilling sixpence, to raise funds for the cause. 

The photographs in this catalogue were taken by Donald Bain, but importantly some of the photographs for Duggan-Cronin's "The Bantu Tribes of South Africa" were taken at the exhibition. 

https://www.theheritageportal.co.za/notice/empire-exhibition-johannesburg-1936

https://ibali.uct.ac.za/s/bvf41/item/107466#lg=1&slide=0

  • Size: 320 x 205mm


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