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Object Number 36-56-50/13186.1.18
Display Title Iron-working tools
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "36-56. / Barotseland. S. Africa Rhodesia / Some of Iron-working / tools. / Purchase 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: 7.9375 × 10.4775 cm (3 1/8 × 4 1/8 in.)
Provenance
Seller Donated by Margaret Carson Hubbard

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Iron-working
36-56-50/13186.1.19 Iron-working
Barotseland
Working a hoe
36-56-50/13186.1.21 Working a hoe
Barotseland
Smelting iron
36-56-50/13186.1.20 Smelting iron
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
Working on skins
36-56-50/13186.1.14 Working on skins
Barotseland
Boy standing in a tree using an axe
36-56-50/13186.1.22 Boy standing in a tree using an axe
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
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
Person on boat
36-56-50/13186.1.12 Person on boat
Barotseland
Man with water pipe
36-56-50/13186.1.7 Man with water pipe
Barotseland