| Title |
Photographs of Bushmen, Herero and Ovambo |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/Y3057C |
| Creator |
Crosby, Oscar Terry, 1861-1947, traveller and writer |
| Covering Dates |
1927 |
| Extent and Medium |
11 images in 1 file; Fair condition. |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
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| Content and context |
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Oscar Terry Crosby was a traveller and writer. He was the author of Tibet and Turkestan : a journey through old lands and a study of new conditions, New York ; London : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1905. He was a resident of Warrenton, Virginia.
A collection of loose prints, mostly measuring approximately 55 x 85 mm, with handwritten captions on the reverse.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Photographs of Bushmen, Herero and Ovambo, Y3057C |
| Further information |
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Indexed
This collection level description was entered by KS using information from the original typescript catalogue.
This collection is available on microfiche: Africa, fiche number 180.
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| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| Namibia |
| Crosby, Oscar Terry (1861-1947) traveller and writer |
| RCS/Y3057C contains: |
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Bushmen group near Gobabis - These have had considerable contact with white men. 170 x 122 mm. Showing a large group of Bushmen - men, women and children - posed in a village clearing.
Fair condition, some fading and a few ink marks.. |
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2
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Bushman Camp. 173 x 122 mm. Showing the rough grass huts of a Bushman settlement grouped around a central open space on lightly wooded land, with a few figures squatting outside the huts.
Fair condition, some chemical staining.. |
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3
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Bushman of the Haikum family. 50 x 78 mm. A three quarter length portrait of a man of the Haikum tribe.
Good condition.. |
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4
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Bushman family. 55 x 84 mm. Showing an older and a younger woman squatting on the ground, the younger nursing a baby.
Good condition.. |
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5
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Bushman guide taken at Ojitna. 55 x 84 mm. Showing three young Bushman guides standing amongst giant cactus plants.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing.. |
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6
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Bushmen at Ojitna. 55 x 82 mm. Showing four young Bushman guides standing amongst giant cactus plants.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing.. |
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7
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Kung Bushman family. 63 x 88 mm. Showing a man, woman and child of the Kung tribe squatting at the entrance of a rough wood and grass hut.
Fair condition.. |
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8
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Bushman shelter. 55 x 84 mm. Showing a family seated at the entrance of a rough wood and grass hut.
Good condition.. |
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9
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Bushman children. 50 x 78 mm. Showing children playing in the sand in a Bushman village.
Good condition.. |
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10
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Bushwoman probably crossed with Hottentot. 56 x 83 mm. A slightly blurred print showing a full length view of a Bushman woman standing at the entrance to a hut and placed in profile to exhibt the steatopya (the fatty accumulation in the thighs) common in Hottentot women.
Fair condition.. |
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11
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Bushwoman probably crossed with Hottentot. 55 x 84 mm. A head-on view of a woman.
Fair condition, some pinkish discolouration.. |
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