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Title
African women carrying water, Valdezia, South Africa, ca. 1896-1911
Creator
Borel, Arnold, 1871-1911
Date Created and/or Issued
1896/1911
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
DM-échange et mission
chemin des Cèdres 5, CH-1004 Lausanne, Switzerland
info@dmr.ch
Description
"Deux femmes portant de l'eau" ("Two women carrying water") Photograph of two African women carrying pots on their head. They wear loincloths and look at the photographer. In the background, trees.
Photographie de deux femmes d'origine africaine portant des pots sur la tête. Elles portent des pagnes et regardent en direction du photographe. À l'arrière plan, des arbres.
Type
image
Format
glass photonegatives, b&w
8.2 x 10.7 cm.
Identifier
impa-m64249 [Legacy record ID]
impa-a-CHL-nv110-053-756
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m64249
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-CHL-nv110-053-756.jpg
Subject
Clothing
Women
Indigenous populations
Group portraits
Time Period
1896/1911
Place
Africa
South Africa
Valdezia
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from DM-Échange et Mission
impa-m15498

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