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Object Number 36-56-50/13186.1.17
Display Title People sitting under and next to a bark cloth shelter
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "36-56 / Barotseland. S. Africa Rhodesia / Bark cloth shelter. / 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: 6.6675 × 9.525 cm (2 5/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Seller Donated by Margaret Carson Hubbard

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Woman with baby in a sling of bark cloth
36-56-50/13186.1.16 Woman with baby in a sling of bark cloth
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
People in front of hut
36-56-50/13186.1.8 People in front of hut
Barotseland
Chiefs sitting on mats inside Katlo
36-56-50/13186.1.4 Chiefs sitting on mats inside Katlo
Barotseland
Man taking snuff
36-56-50/13186.1.9 Man taking snuff
Barotseland
Woman with water pipe
36-56-50/13186.1.11 Woman with water pipe
Barotseland
Man travelling with belongings
36-56-50/13186.1.10 Man travelling with belongings
Barotseland
Group working on skins, man in foreground sewing kaross
36-56-50/13186.1.13 Group working on skins, man in foreground sewing kaross
Barotseland
Person on boat
36-56-50/13186.1.12 Person on boat
Barotseland
Working on skins
36-56-50/13186.1.14 Working on skins
Barotseland
Man with water pipe
36-56-50/13186.1.7 Man with water pipe
Barotseland
Man scraping skin
36-56-50/13186.1.15 Man scraping skin
Barotseland