General
    General
    Object Auto ID
    75354
    Common Name
    Photograph
    Classified Name
    Quantity
    1.00
    Object Description

    The Parliament Collection:
    A woman seated on the ground, wearing traditional Xhosa dress, including a head wrap and necklace of long strings. She holds a toddler on her lap. A small container with possibly milk is standing on the ground next to her. (Part of an album, see 5628)South Africa. Illustrated by a series of one hundred and four permanent Photograph.; Kafir [sic] Woman and Child. Cape Colony.

    Provenance

    Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

    Description
    Distinguishing Features

    Xhosa mother child traditional dress

    Measurement Type Unit Value
    History
    Object Age Comment
    1888
    Maker Comment
    HARRIS, Robert, fl. 1880 - 1899
    Collector Comment
    Photograph
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