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RCS/Y305O contains:
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51 Crowd of Shembe Followers, including dancers (married women) and white-gowned men and women
52 Group of Shembe followers
53 Baca woman and child, near Richmond
54 Baca woman
55 Baca woman [and child]
56 Baca woman
57 Tonga man showing tribal marks
58 Tonga mother and child
59 Tonga woman and children
60 Tonga woman and child
61 Tonga girls, spectators at Tshonque Show, Umbombo District
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Photographs of indigenous South African tribes

Title Baca woman
Reference Y305O/56
Covering Dates 1930–1950
Extent and Medium Good condition.
Content and context

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.'

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Africa
Kwazulu-Natal, Province of
South Africa
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