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Object Number 36-56-50/13186.1.16
Display Title Woman with baby in a sling of bark cloth
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "36-56 / Barotseland. S. Africa Rhodesia / Bark cloth / Purchased from Mrs. M. C. Hubbard"
Department Photographic
Date 1935
Artist Margaret Carson Hubbard
Culture
  • Southern African peoples
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zimbabwe / <State> / <County> / Barotseland
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 × 7.62 cm (4 × 3 in.)
Provenance
Seller Donated by Margaret Carson Hubbard

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36-56-50/13186.1.17 People sitting under and next to a bark cloth shelter
Barotseland
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36-56-50/13186.1.3 Woman holding baby with charms
Barotseland
Woman with water pipe
36-56-50/13186.1.11 Woman with water pipe
Barotseland
Woman carrying a basket
36-56-50/13186.1.41 Woman carrying a basket
Barotseland
Woman sitting next to a hut making a basket
36-56-50/13186.1.40 Woman sitting next to a hut making a basket
Barotseland
Woman winnowing grain
36-56-50/13186.1.44 Woman winnowing grain
Barotseland
Woman carrying grain basket
36-56-50/13186.1.1 Woman carrying grain basket
Barotseland
Woman carrying wooden bowl and hoe
36-56-50/13186.1.28 Woman carrying wooden bowl and hoe
Barotseland
Men spearing fish
36-56-50/13186.1.34 Men spearing fish
Barotseland
Getting grain from storehouses
36-56-50/13186.1.45 Getting grain from storehouses
Barotseland
Man taking snuff
36-56-50/13186.1.9 Man taking snuff
Barotseland
People in front of hut
36-56-50/13186.1.8 People in front of hut
Barotseland