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Object Number 36-56-50/13186.1.34
Display Title Men spearing fish
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "36-56 / Barotseland. S. Africa Rhodesia / Notice dam on which man sits. / Built up to keep fish from escaping. / Spearing fish - / 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: 7.62 × 10.16 cm (3 × 4 in.)
Provenance
Seller Donated by Margaret Carson Hubbard

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Men spearing fish
36-56-50/13186.1.36 Men spearing fish
Barotseland
Man spearing fish
36-56-50/13186.1.47 Man spearing fish
Barotseland
Man spearing fish
36-56-50/13186.1.46 Man spearing fish
Barotseland
Men spearing fish
36-56-50/13186.1.37 Men spearing fish
Barotseland
Man holding fish spears
36-56-50/13186.1.39 Man holding fish spears
Barotseland
Men with fish caught with spears
36-56-50/13186.1.35 Men with fish caught with spears
Barotseland
Chiefs sitting on mats inside Katlo
36-56-50/13186.1.4 Chiefs sitting on mats inside Katlo
Barotseland
Person standing in boat fishing
36-56-50/13186.1.48 Person standing in boat fishing
Barotseland
Working on skins
36-56-50/13186.1.14 Working on skins
Barotseland
Getting grain from storehouses
36-56-50/13186.1.45 Getting grain from storehouses
Barotseland
Man scraping skin
36-56-50/13186.1.15 Man scraping skin
Barotseland
People sitting under and next to a bark cloth shelter
36-56-50/13186.1.17 People sitting under and next to a bark cloth shelter
Barotseland