| Title |
Photographs of indigenous South African tribes |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/Y305O |
| Covering Dates |
1930–1950 (1930s-1950.) |
| Extent and Medium |
145 images in 1 album; The photographs are in good condition. |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
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| Content and context |
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An album containing mounted prints, the majority sepia toned, with typescript captions and explanatory notes. The prints are of various sizes but the majority measuring approximately 200 x 150 mm. They were taken by Mrs Malcolm Barker, Miss Mignon Herring, Miss Killie Campbell, Miss Barbara Tyrrell, Dr Wager, Lyn Acutt and C, Whysall. The tribes represented are: Ndebele, Zulu, Tonga, Swazi, Shagaan, Bushmen, Basuto, Pondo, Xhosa, Fingo, Tembu. The album also contains two short articles (probably part of a longer series) on African tribal costume by Barbara Tyrrell, extracted from the Veld Trust News (February and March 1948).
Presented by Dr Killie Campbell, 20 April 1950.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Photographs of indigenous South African tribes, Y305O |
| Further information |
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The prints are designed to be used in conjunction with Barbara Tyrrell's South African tribal paintings (RCMS 211).
Indexed
This collection level description was entered by KS using information from the original typescript catalogue.
This collection is available on microfiche: Africa, fiche numbers 173-176.
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| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| South Africa |
| Tyrrell, Barbara Eleanor Harcourt (b 1912) artist |
| RCS/Y305O contains: |
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1
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Mopock (Ndebele) square house - near Pretoria. 207 x 152 mm. The caption continues: 'The decorations are typical among these people, and are done by the women in earth colours and white-wash. Note the step-thatching. 1949'.
Good condition.. |
1949 |
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2
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Mopock (Ndebele) square house. 206 x 153 mm. The caption continues: '... many of which contain an inner round room, within a circular walk divided into smaller store rooms. The walls inside are decorated, as are the walls of the courtyards, and the floors are made of cow-dung, patterned. Near Pretoria. 1949'.
Good condition.. |
1949 |
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3
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Mopock (Ndebele) women and children. 204 x 151 mm. The caption continues: 'wearing heavily bearded necklaces, anklets and arm bands, which have a foundation of thick ropes of grass, with strings of beads turned round. Copper and brass rings are also worn, these denote wealth. They also wear beautifully patterned bead and string aprons. Note the striped blanket, typical, usually having about five wide stripes in very good colours. Their heads are shaven, with little tufts of hair in patterns. Near Pretoria. 1949'.
Good condition.. |
1949 |
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4
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Mopock (Ndebele) woman working at her beads. Near Pretoria. 1949. 204 x 152 mm. With a decorated wall in the background.
Good condition.. |
1949 |
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5
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Mopock (Ndebele) outside wall and lower wall. 206 x 151 mm. View of highly decorated walls. The caption continues: 'The doors are always quite out of keeping with the beauty of the huts and courtyards. Pretoria. 1949'.
Good condition.. |
1949 |
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6
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Mopock (Ndebele) entrance to another house, near Pretoria. 1949. 178 x 164 mm. View looking towards the entrance gateway, flanked by decorated walls.
Good condition.. |
1949 |
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7
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Mopock (Ndebele) children. 206 x 151 mm. Showing a group of children gathered in a courtyard with painted walls. The caption continues: 'The designs here show the influence of the West. Road signs, motor car numbers, lamp posts, etc. , are being used as motifs, which is to be regretted. They sometimes use touches of oil paint to add their earth colours. There are only a few examples left of this lovely work and culture. 1949'. (the 'western influence' mentioned here is apparent in the photograph in the shape of a painting on the wall of a monacled peanut with top hat and cane - the logo for a western peanut manufacturer).
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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8
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Mopock (Ndebele) mother and children. Near Pretoria. 1949. 153 x 205 mm. Showing a mother with her three children posed in front of a decorated wall.
Good condition.. |
1949 |
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9
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Mopock (Ndebele) decorated walls outside the house. 180 x 178 mm. Showing a group of children posed in front of the decorated entrance gateway to a compound. The caption continues: 'Peach trees are typical of this village. Within there is usually the large hut in the middle, on each side a smaller one for girls and boys. At the side at back a grain hut. Walls make divisions in courtyard, where cooking is done, water kept, etc.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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10
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Mopock (Ndebele) large house. 204 x 152 mm. The caption continues: 'showing the one leading to the other through the courtyards. 1949. Near Pretoria'.
Good condition.. |
1949 |
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11
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Mopock (Ndebele) children on the outside wall of their home. 206 x 151 mm. The caption continues: 'The colourings of the walls are of soft earth shades: yellows, ochre's, red-brown and white. The beauty of the whole is very striking. Near Pretoria. 1949.'.
Good condition.. |
1949 |
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12
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Ndebele family group, near Bronkhorstspruit, 1949. 107 x 107 mm. Showing two women and one young person.
Good condition.. |
1949 |
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13
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Ndebele family group, near Pretoria, 1949. 125 x 87 mm. Showing one woman and twelve children, of various ages, standing in front of a house.
Good condition.. |
1949 |
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14
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Ndebele family group, near Pretoria, 1949. 86 x 131 mm. Showing a woman holding a baby, standing in front of a colourful wall and building.
Good condition.. |
1949 |
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15
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Mopock (Ndebele) square house. 205 x 151 mm. The caption continues: 'showing a low wall round courtyard. On the road to Bronkhorstspruit, 1949.'.
Good condition.. |
1949 |
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16
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Ndebele woman well dressed - except for the 'ordinary' blanket. On the road to Bronkhorstspruit. 1949. 152 x 198 mm. Showing a full length portrait of a Ndebele woman, standing before a fence.
Good condition.. |
1949 |
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17
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Mopock (Ndebele) woman decorating her house. 181 x 176 mm. The caption continues: 'She uses a painter's brush and bricklayer's trowel. The painting is renewed after heavy rains. 1949.'.
Good condition.. |
1949 |
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18
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Mopock (Ndebele) children seated on low mud wall outside the main high wall. Near Pretoria. 208 x 150 mm. Showing seven children, of various ages. None of the children are looking at the camera.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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19
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Mopock (Ndebele) village scene, near Pretoria. 130 x 87 mm. Showing a group of children, and an adult, seated in front of a decorated wall. |
1930–1950 |
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20
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Mopock (Ndebele) village scene, near Bronkhorstspruit. 130 x 86 mm. Portrait of three girls dressed in woven cloaks.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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21
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Mopock (Ndebele) village scene, near Bronkhorstspruit. 130 x 86 mm. Showing a distant view of two women, one of whom is carrying a small child, posed outside a decorated house.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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22
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Mopock (Ndebele) village scene, near Pretoria. 130 x 84 mm. Showing a courtyard and decorated wall, with a house behind.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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23
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Mopock (Ndebele) children near Pretoria. 90 x 125 mm. Showing children, mostly seated, before a decorated house.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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24
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Mopock (Ndebele) children near Pretoria. 130 x 184 mm. Showing a group of children, and an adult, seated in front of a decorated wall.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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25
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Ndebele influence shows in this house and wall. Near Bronkhorstspruit. 130 x 85 mm.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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26
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Zulu Kraals near Eshowe. 153 x 203 mm. View from a steep hillside looking down onto a number of kraals. The caption continues: 'Note the cattle kraal within the enclosure for safety at night. Water has to be carried from streams in the valley.' The reference 'E10' is written on the print.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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27
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Zulu family. 202 x 144 mm. Showing a family posed in front of a characteristic circular hut. The caption continues: 'The hut is made in the modern style with mud and wicker surround. The three openings are unusual.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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28
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Young Zulu married woman. 118 x 302 mm. Full length portrait. The caption continues: 'Note the skirt of soft skin and the beads and headdress. This skirt is worn only by married women.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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29
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Young Zulu girls with stringed instruments, the Uguby. 151 x 203 mm. Full length portrait of two girls. The caption continues: 'The bow is made of solid wood or cane, fitted with a string of twisted hair, sinew, leather or wire which is struck by a thin stick. A resonator of calabash (gourd) is fixed to the bow.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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30
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Zulu married woman. 149 x 203 mm. Half length studio portrait. The caption continues: 'Headdress is made from wool, fat, clay, and woven and sewn into her short hair. It lasts for several years.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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31
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Zulu witchdoctor. 153 x 204 mm. Three quarter length portrait. The caption continues: 'with vials of medicine round her neck; the typical strips of skin crossed over her body; carrying a switch, usually a tail.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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32
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Young Zulu unmarried girls. 201 x 148 mm. Group portrait of six girls. The caption continues: 'wearing the beaded apron or short skirt and beads. The woman at the end is married, and is wearing the married woman's leather skirt. The large ear-rings are made of wood.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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33
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Zulu hairdressing. 202 x 151 mm. Showing a Zulu girl having her hair dressed by a group of women. The caption continues: 'The women help each other in the elaborate styles. These are all married women, and they twist their short curly hair into strands of wool and cotton mixed with fat and dark red ochre, the whole being fixed firmly. These styles last about seven years! One woman has a small dancing shield. They are obviously preparing for a dance or feast.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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34
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Zulu crafts. 208 x 150 mm. The caption continues: 'Bedwork. Ilala basket weaving. Clay pottery. Wood carving. Decorative gourds. Sleeping mat. All exhibited at a local show.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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35
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Zulu woman and child. 152 x 206 mm. The caption continues: 'visiting Durban from the Stanger district, wearing the married woman's special skirt of soft black skin, kilted, numerous necklaces, and beaded headdress on her finely plaited hair, rubbed with fat and clay. The children wear only a girdle and necklace of beads. 1948.'.
Good condition.. |
1948 |
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36
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A Zulu woman proudly wearing a maternity apron. 150 x 202 mm. Full length portrait showing a Zulu woman standing in a field. The caption continues: 'These are handed down from mother to daughter, and are used to wrap the baby in. They are made of hide and ornamented with brass studs and beads. Note the married woman's skin skirt and headdress.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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37
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Zulua woman working at her corn grinder. 204 x 153 mm. An aged man squats on the ground beside her and in front of a circular thatched hut. The caption continues: 'The winnowing basket can be seen. She is gathering up her meal. The stone used for grinding is out of sight of camera.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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38
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Zulu man wearing the 'Kehla'. 150 x 203 mm. Head and shoulders portrait of a Zulu man wearing a leopard-skin cloak and head band.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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39
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Zulu married women. 202 x 151 mm. Half length portrait of two Zulu women. The caption continues: 'Two of Chief Masakeni's wives, wearing heavily beaded headdresses, necklaces, fine black cloth garments and girdles - suitable dress to visit the towns where the body must be covered, by law. The bracelet is modern, leather studded with buttons.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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40
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Zulu. 143 x 205 mm. Full length portrait of 'Masiyeendaka Fakude'. The caption continues: 'of the Mqeni tribe. Mutsha of tails, backcloth of skin, bead girdle and necklaces.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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41
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Zulu member of the Mgeni tribe awaiting the arrival of the Chief Native Commissioner. 150 x 208 mm. Full length portrait.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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42
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Zulu dancers. 204 x 147 mm. Showing a line of dancers. The caption continues: 'They use the small dress shields for these occassions, and sticks. They wear skins, beads and feathers. Near Eshowe.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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43
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Zulu women on the road to Camperdown. 105 x 153 mm. Full length portrait of two women standing at the roadside. The caption continues:'the one on the left is married.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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44
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Zulu men of the Mgeni tribe doing a war dance. 204 x 141 mm.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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45
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Ilala palm being tapped for the juice. 150 x 101 mm. The caption continues: 'A calabash holds the juice, and is covered by a 'hat' made from the palm. The juice makes a very potent wine when fermented, which is unfortunately causing deterioration among the people.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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46
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Large Zulu grain basket used for storage, near Barberton. 130 x 91 mm.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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47
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Zulu dancing girls near Inanda, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal]. 122 x 76 mm. The caption continues: 'wearing the short black kilted skirt and beads, and carrying black umbrellas, to which they have become very attached! A few have the proper dancing sticks, carved or beaded.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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48
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Zulu man showing off gala headdress of feathers and skins. Near Inanda, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal]. 77 x 123 mm. Half length portrait of an elderly man, wearing a tall white feather in his headdress.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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49
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Zulu man showing off gala headdress of feathers and skins. Near Inanda, Natal [i.e. KwaZulu-Natal]. 77 x 121 mm. The caption continues: 'The long black plumes are from the Sakubula.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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50
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Zulu types. 151 x 194 mm. Full length portrait of three Zulu men, dressed for a dance or feast. The caption continues: 'These men are in gala dress, carrying the small dress shield, and using the feathers of birds, and skins. Near Inanda.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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51
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Crowd of Shembe Followers, including dancers (married women) and white-gowned men and women. 205 x 151mm. General view of a gathering. The caption continues:'The prophet Shembe started an off-shoot religion, allied to Christianity, and part of their worship is to sing and dance, in a restrained manner. There are hundreds of sects which have grown up in South Africa which are a mixture of their own beliefs, and the Old and New Testaments, the Church and missionaries' teachings.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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52
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Group of Shembe followers. 205 x 151 mm. Rear view of a group of women dancers.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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53
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Baca woman and child, near Richmond. 141 x 200 mm. Full length portrait of a Baca woman holding her child on her hip.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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54
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Baca woman. 148 x 203 mm. Head and shoulders portrait of a Baca woman. The caption continues: 'with her hair stretched and twisted with threads covered with fat and red ochre. She can only just see through.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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55
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Baca woman [and child]. 102 x 152 mm. Half length portrait. The caption continues: 'an off-shoot of the Zulus. They live in the Richmond area, Natal. They are very fond of bright colours, and are very much decorated with beads and bright wools. The hair is treated (stretched and twisted with threads covered with fat and red ochre). They are rather looked down upon by the pure Zulus.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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56
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Baca woman. 103 x 156 mm. Head and shoulders profile portrait showing arrangement of headdress. The caption continues: 'an off-shoot of the Zulus. They live in the Richmond area, Natal. They are very fond of bright colours, and are very much decorated with beads and bright wools. The hair is treated (stretched and twisted with threads covered with fat and red ochre). They are rather looked down upon by the pure Zulus.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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57
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Tonga man showing tribal marks. 152 x 209 mm. Three quarter length full face portrait.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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58
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Tonga mother and child. 150 x 204 mm. Three quarter length full face portrait of a mother with child at the breast. The caption continues: 'Note the baby's 'wooly' hair.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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59
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Tonga woman and children. 124 x 205 mm. The main woman in the picture has an elaborate Zulu style coiffure.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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60
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Tonga woman and child. 112 x 204 mm. Full length portrait of a Tonga woman with a basket on her head, with a young girl standing beside her.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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61
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Tonga girls, spectators at Tshonque Show, Umbombo District. 155 x 205 mm. Full length portrait of two girls.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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62
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Tonga woman and child. 155 x 204 mm. Half length portrait of a Tonga woman with a grain basket on her head and a child at the breast.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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63
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Grain huts in Maputaland. 207 x 152 mm.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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64
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Tonga girls dressed for a dance. 153 x 207 mm. Full length portrait of two girls, with a younger child standing in the background. The caption continues: 'The two bead strings hanging from their necks indicate that they are engaged to be married.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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65
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Tonga maidens showing tribal marks on their faces, copper and bead necklaces. 156 x 192 mm. Full face three quarter length portrait of two young Tonga girls.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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66
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Tongas of Chief Albert of the Mhila Tribe, Reserve 14, dancing the Ingonga dance. 150 x 101 mm.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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67
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Tonga girl with fish, from Tongaland expedition collection. 96 x 150 mm. Full length portrait of a Tonga girl holding a fish. The caption continues: 'These people are fish eating. In contrast to their neighbours the Zulu.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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68
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Swazi woman at Tshonque Show, District Umbombo. 151 x 102 mm. Half length study. The caption continues: 'showing finely plaited hair, and using the gaily printed cotton clothes made in designs especially for this area.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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69
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Spectators at Tshonque Show, Umbombo District. 151 x 102 mm. Showing men and women from various racial groups seated on the grass.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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70
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Swazi youths. 202 x 150 mm. Three quarter length full face portrait of three young swazis.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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71
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Swazi youths. 203 x 152 mm. Full length portrait of three Swazi boys.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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72
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Swazi man. 155 x 205 mm. Three quarter length full face portrait of a Swazi youth with bleached hair and wearing the printed cotton cloth made specially for the area.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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73
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Swazi man with bleached hair, fixed into place with mud. 132 x 202 mm. Three quarter length full face portrait.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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74
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Shangaan hut enclosed by mud wall. 204 x 153 mm. View looking towards the hut, with a wooden stockade to keep out cattle in the foreground. The caption continues: 'All these Kraals are spotlessly clean. Step thatching. In the valley south of Hangklip Mountains. Near Naboomspruit, Northern Transvaal.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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75
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Wooden stockade outside Shangaan hut, 1950. 155 x 205 mm. View looking along the stockade of wooden posts. |
1930–1950 |
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76
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Shangaan utensils. 152 x 101 mm. The caption continues: 'Gourds, pottery, spoons, ladles, winnowing basket. All made of the indigenous wood, clay and grasses. Valley south of Hangklip Mountains. 1950.'.
Good condition.. |
1950 |
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77
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Shangaan girl. 100 x 152 mm. Full length portrait (top of head cropped off) of a young Shangaan girl 'wearing typically kilted striped cotton skirt, with the edge beaded; girdles, necklaces, and arm bands of beads, and strips of beads attached to dress. She wears a headdress of swathed coloured cotton. 1950. Valley south of Hangklip Mountains.'.
Good condition.. |
1950 |
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78
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Shangaan kraal. 203 x 145 mm. The caption continues: 'showing main hut, children's hut, and grain hut, mud wall and stockade. Valley South of Hangklip Mountains. 1950.'.
Good condition.. |
1950 |
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79
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Part of Shangaan Kraal, Northern Transvaal. 203 x 143 mm. The caption continues: 'Step-thatching, square huts, grinding stone, and inset fire-place can be seen near the far wall.'.
Good condition but blurred.. |
1930–1950 |
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80
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Shangaan girl wearing striped beaded cotton skirt and bead necklaces, Valley south of Hangklip Mountains, 1950. 155 x 204 mm. Full length portrait of a young child.
Good condition.. |
1950 |
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81
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Acacia creeper. 101 x 150 mm. The caption continues: 'showing large turnip like bulb partly out of ground (centre). The bushman used to stick their arrows into this bulb, which has a very strong poison, and grows all about this bushveld country. 1950. Northern Transvaal.'.
Good condition.. |
1950 |
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82
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Bushmen of the Kalahari. 126 x 76 mm. Showing a family group gathered round a low grass hut. The caption continues: 'There are very few of these people left. The last of this large tribe are these here in this area, and they are protected and assisted by the government, as they cannot roam and hunt as they did years ago in S. Africa.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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83
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Bushmen of the Kalahari [Bushman woman and child]. 80 x 122 mm. Full length portrait of two women standing in front of a hut. The caption continues: ''There are very few of these people left. The last of this large tribe are these here in this area, and they are protected and assisted by the government, as they cannot roam and hunt as they did years ago in S. Africa.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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84
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Bushmen of the Kalahari [Two bushman women]. 81 x 122 mm. Full length portrait of two women standing in front of a hut. The caption continues: ''There are very few of these people left. The last of this large tribe are these here in this area, and they are protected and assisted by the government, as they cannot roam and hunt as they did years ago in S. Africa. The large posterior is common among these people.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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85
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Bushmen of the Kalahari. 122 x 80 mm. Somewhat indistinct view of a group gathered in front of a low grass hut. The caption continues: ''There are very few of these people left. The last of this large tribe are these here in this area, and they are protected and assisted by the government, as they cannot roam and hunt as they did years ago in S. Africa.'.
Good condition,. |
1930–1950 |
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86
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Bushmen of the Kalahari. 125 x 79 mm. Showing a group of Bushman women.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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87
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Bushmen of the Kalahari [Bushman woman and child]. 82 x 120 mm. Half length portrait.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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88
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Bushmen of the Kalahari [Bushman woman]. 84 x 123 mm. Half length portrait.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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89
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Basuto home (kraal). 200 x145 mm. The caption continues: 'Surrounded by a screen made of reeds and poles, also surrounded by a slightly raised platform of clay. All spotlessly clean. Butha Buthe.'.
Good condition.. |
1941 |
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90
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[Basuto kraal]. 199 x 149 mm. The caption beneath the print reads: 'The walls of the hut are decorated, the pattern being made by the women's fingers. The ground is covered by clay. A grain basket is on the left. Near Butha Buthe. 1941.'.
Good condition.. |
1941 |
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91
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Party of Basutos travelling up into the mountains. 200 x 152 mm. Showing a Basuto group of four on horseback. The caption continues: 'They have to ride three or four days sometimes to reach their homes. These men have adopted European dress. They all ride with the feet well forward. Near Leribe.' The figure at far right appears to be a woman.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
|
92
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Basuto woman. 151 x 200 mm. Half length portrait of a Basuto girl. The caption continues: 'She wears her blanket even on the hottest days with a long, very fully gathered print skirt, and numerous petticoats. These blankets are specially made for the Basuto trade in Britain; a few are being made in South Africa now.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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93
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Old type of Basuto hut, with the porch and rough thatching, 1950. 203 x 154 mm.
Good condition.. |
1950 |
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94
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Group of Basuto women showing their brightly coloured blankets, and print cotton skirts. 148 x 201mm. Showing three Basuto women standing together. One has a baby secured on her back, another carries a small printed sack on her head.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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95
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Old Basuto woman outside her porch. A good example of this style of hut, 1950. 190 x 147 mm.
Good condition.. |
1950 |
|
96
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Basuto. Large grain basket, 1950. 201 x 150 mm. With a child standing in front of the basket as an indication of scale.
Good condition.. |
1950 |
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97
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Basuto. A wooden sledge. 152 x 106 mm. The caption continues: 'which is drawn by oxen and used to carry loads of grain, etc. There is a heap of dried dung in the background, which is used for fuel. 1950.'.
Good condition.. |
1950 |
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98
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[Old Basuto grain basket]. 15 x 106 mm. The caption reads: 'This is an old, nearly worn-out grain basket covered with clay to make it usable. The three legged pot against the wall is European made. These are sold in the trading stores.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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99
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Basuto women returning from the fields. 155 x 198 mm. Full length study of two women (one with baby on hip) with baskets balanced on their heads. The caption continues: ' with baskets of dung which will be used for fuel. Near Butha Buthe. 1941.'.
Good condition.. |
1941 |
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100
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A close-up of the opening to a kraal through the outer screen. 183 x 154 mm. The caption continues: 'A grain basket can be seen inside, and part of a hut. Note the way the screen is fixed into the hard mud floor, and the poles bound with grass.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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101
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Old type of Basuto hut showing the porch entrance. 149 x 101 mm. The caption continues: 'The window is modern of course. 1950.'.
Good condition.. |
1950 |
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102
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Basutoland [i.e. Lesotho]. Dung heap. 151 x 97 mm. The caption continues: 'The cow pats are dried and used for fuel, also to mix with clay for making their floors. It polishes up very well. There are very few trees in Basutoland. This burning of dung is a serious problem in the country, for it should go back into the earth. 1950.'.
Good condition.. |
1950 |
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103
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Old Basuto women, 1950. 106 x 153 mm. Portrait of two women seated outside a kraal. A young boy can be seen in the background.
Good condition.. |
1950 |
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104
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[Basuto children]. 105 x 153 mm. Full length portrait of two children.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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105
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Modern Basuto hut, 1950. 202 x 144 mm. General view of a hut and outer screen, with figures in the foreground.
Good condition.. |
1950 |
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106
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Grain basket raised on stones. 200 x 152 mm. Showing a large wicker grain basket, with two small girls standing beside it. The caption continues: 'The little girls are wearing their tetana fringe skirts. 1950.'.
Good condition.. |
1950 |
|
107
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Basuto woman outside her hut, built in the old style, 1950. 152 x 189 mm.
Good condition.. |
1950 |
|
108
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[Basuto couple]. 202 x 151 mm. Half length portrait of a Basuto man and woman. The caption reads: 'Basuto people, the man wearing the straw hat specially designed for wet weather. The openwork hat seen in other pictures is for fine days. There are usually Basuto hat makers in every district, who sell or barter their wares.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
|
109
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Bantu girl guarding the mabele corn. 154 x 104 mm. The caption continues: 'She uses a stick with a small lump of clay on the end, which she throws at the birds as they approach.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
|
110
|
Basuto girls. 126 x 128 mm. Study of four children. The caption continues: '(the children) wear what they call 'tetana', i.e. a deep fringe made of thin leaved weeds. These they tie round their waists. To make it they take a strip of skin cured and softened, cut this an inch wide, take a quantity of the weed, tear off the outer weeds, leaving only the middle. Women with well-greased hands roll this up and down their red-clayed thighs.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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111
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Basuto man astride his pony. 152 x 103 mm. The caption continues: '(he) wears the Basuto made straw hat and patterned blanket.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
|
112
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Family group outside a modern type of hut. 152 x 104 mm.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
|
113
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Basuto horsemen. 156 x 100 mm. The caption continues: 'with straw hats of different shapes made by themselves, wearing the brightly coloured Basuto blankets. These Basuto ponies are very sturdy and sure-footed, and are supposed to have Shetland pony blood from ponies brought out by the very early settlers, and taken by the Basutos in warfare.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
|
114
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Basuto outer fence, made of thatching grass, and poles, neatly bound. 154 x 107 mm.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
|
115
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Two Basuto women in European dress. 107 x 132 mm. Showing two women, kneeling down.. The caption continues: 'photographed to show the sticks of wormwood put up the nostrils of one as a medicine for her cold.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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116
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Basuto children. 104 x 143 mm.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
|
117
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Small Basuto herd boy. 133 x 80 mm.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
|
118
|
Basuto Kraal. 152 x 101 mm. The caption continues: 'showing stone and thatched hut, and a grass screen. This hut is part of a little village of Zulus who have kept to themselves amongst the Basuto people. They say they came when Chaka was overrunning Basutoland, and remained as refugees and allowed to live in peace by Mosheshoe. Between Maseru and Teyateyaneng. 1950.'.
Good condition.. |
1950 |
|
119
|
Basuto child. 107 x 153 mm.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
|
120
|
A Basuto chief greeting His Majesty the King on the occasion of the Royal visit to Basutoland, 1947. 154 x 114 mm. Showing King George V shaking hands with a Basuto chief, with Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, standing behind the King on the dais. Princess Elizabeth, now Queen Elizabeth II, can be seen in the background.
Good condition.. |
1947 |
|
121
|
Pondos from the Flagstaff area, wearing white blankets. 201 x 152 mm. Half length portrait of two Pondo girls. The caption continues: 'The hair is plaited finely and they nearly all wear blue and white beads.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
|
122
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Pondos on their way to exchange grain for goods at the store, Libode, 1942. 203 x 150 mm.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
|
123
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Pondo girls. 142 x 203 mm. Full length portrait of two girls. The caption continues: 'These are young girls, who always wear short skirts. The stripes at bottom are sewn on by themselves. 1942.'.
Good condition.. |
1942 |
|
124
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Dancing at the final initiation ceremony, Pondoland. 203 x 153 mm. Showing girls in the foreground, with men behind dressed in grass skirts and masks. The caption continues: 'This group has broken away considerably from the old traditions, where men and women would never have been allowed to be present together.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
|
125
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Pondo woman husking mealies (corn) outside hut near Umtata, 1942. 152 x 106 mm.
Good condition.. |
1942 |
|
126
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Wooden sledge carrying children to school, Pondoland, 1942. 154 x 98 mm.
Good condition.. |
1942 |
|
127
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Pondo woman at Libode store on her way to Grahamstown. 105 x 154 mm. Full length portrait. The caption continues: 'The long skirt is worn by the married woman.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
|
128
|
Pondo girls, 1942. 101 x 154 mm. Portrait of two smiling girls. The caption continues: 'Young girls in short skirts.'.
Good condition.. |
1942 |
|
129
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Pondo women on way to St. John's, 1942. 106 x 153 mm. Showing two women on the road.
Good condition.. |
1942 |
|
130
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[Pondo] women between Umtata and St. John's. 155 x 107 mm. Showing a group of women on the road. One of them is carrying a child on her hip.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
|
131
|
Xhosa woman. 148 x 196 mm. The caption continues: 'smoking a pipe made from one piece of wood with separate mouthpiece. Note copper armbands.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
|
132
|
Xhosa women. 147 x 202 mm. Full length portrait of two Xhosa women, both smoking pipes. The caption continues: 'Faces covered with light clay. The women all smoke these long pipes and invariably carry bags. 1942'.
South Africa.. |
1942 |
|
133
|
Xhosa woman, near Bashee River, 1942. 145 x 204 mm. Half length portrait of a smiling Xhosa woman, her face covered in light red clay (not visible in print), and with a basket on her head.
Good condition.. |
1942 |
|
134
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Xhosa woman. 102 x 153 mm. Showing a full length portrait of a Xhosa woman with a young child on her back.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
|
135
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Xhosa woman. 102 x 154 mm. Showing a full length portrait of a Xhosa woman, smoking a pipe.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
|
136
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Kweta dancers. 140 x 135 mm. Head and shoulders portrait of two youths, taken during circumcision initiation ceremonies. The caption continues: 'They wear tall grass hats decorated by pink grass tufts, and carry a number of sticks. They cover themselves with white clay at this period of the circumcision initiation ceremonies.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
|
137
|
Kweta youths from the Umtata district. 152 x 134 mm. Full length portrait of three youths clothed in blankets and with faces covered in white clay. The caption continues: 'This is the costume worn just after the initiation ceremonies: white blankets with red stripes. It is death for any woman of their own race to see them, and they cover their faces with the blankes if a woman should appear. The women are warned by children when there are Kwetas about. One defiant woman paid the dealth penalty in 1946, and those responsible were not punished for this act. 1948.'.
Good condition.. |
1948 |
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138
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Kweta dancers. 153 x 104 mm. Showing two dancers performing. The caption continues: 'wearing the extremely heavy skirt made from the bashee palm. This headdress represents cattle horns and the dances are portraying a bull defeating his enemies. It is accompanied by snorts, and the sound of beating heels and clattering skirts. It is an extremely exhausting and intricate dance, and forms part of the initiation ceremonies.'.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
|
139
|
Tembu woman with white clay markings on face, 1933. 152 x 204 mm. Head and shoulders full face portrait.
Good condition.. |
1933 |
|
140
|
Tembu woman and child. 150 x 204 mm. Half length portrait of a Tembu woman holding a young child. The mother wears a good luck charm necklace.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
|
141
|
Tembu Kweta instructor. 143 x 203 mm. Full length portrait. The caption continues: 'An older man who has charge of the youths going through the initiation ceremonies, 1942.'.
Good condition.. |
1942 |
|
142
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Tembu Kweta instructor. 143 x 203 mm. Head and shoulders portrait. The caption continues: 'An older man who has charge of the youths going through the initiation ceremonies, 1942.'.
Good condition.. |
1942 |
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143
|
Fingo woman. 203 x 150 mm. Head and shoulders portrait of a Fingo woman, with her hands clasped behind her head. She wears a turban and numerous bracelets on her arms.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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144
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Fingo woman on way to Lovedale, near Butterwort, Cape Province, 1942. 137 x 202 mm. Full length portrait of a Fingo woman. The caption continues: 'she is distinguished by the buttons which all the Fingoes use as decoration'.
Good condition.. |
1942 |
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145
|
Fingo woman. 151 x 202 mm. Full length portrait of a Fingo woman standing in a field.
Good condition.. |
1930–1950 |
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