Hottentots with herd

Hans Burgkmair

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white woodcut image titled "Hottentots with herd" by Hans Burgkmair. Six people, five adults and one infant, semi-nude; four adults and one infant on the left side; one adult and one infant on the right side. The group on the left features a smaller child hugging a woman's leg; woman holding baby on left; another woman on left with long hair. Man standing to right of two women; he has cloth wrapped around lower body; looking right. The group on the right features one adult woman sitting on animal with long hair; holding stick; looking left; infant on the ground next to her; she sits on a donkey or goat with another similar animal standing next to her. Three cattle and one donkey or goat; two cattle eating; all animals on lower half of right side. Tree trunk, with branches and twigs on right side; bowl hanging from tree. The background on the left appears largely blank.