Young woman with elende hairstyle
Item
Title
Young woman with elende hairstyle
Creator
Description
A young woman sits on the ground, she is shown in profile. She is wearing skirts, leather belts and has an 'elende' hairstyle.
Previously stored in Folder: Ovambo, Kwanyama. People - Dress - Cattle - Homestead.
Please see APC and DPC diaries for July 1937 for an account of their time in Namibia, referred to as SWA.
The woman in photos PHOT0.4.3.36.R.102.3 to PHOT0.4.3.36.R.102.6 appears to be the same person. It seems an effort has been made to show her hair from every angle.
[NSty 06/2021]
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
July 1937
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Black & White Photograph
Identifier
PHOT0.4.3.36.R.102.6
R102-6_x001d__x001d__x001d_
Source
Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
Space/Place
Namibia_x001d__x001d_
Cultural Group: Kwanyama_x001d_
Owambo
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust