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Object Number 36-56-50/13186.1.51
Display Title Group with Sirimba and tom toms (drums)
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "36-56 / Barotseland. S. Africa Rhodesia / Sirimba and tom toms / 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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Dancer and Sirimba
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