Owambo Kraal
Item
Title
Owambo Kraal
Creator
Description
Black and white photograph showing the distinctive wooden pole fences of an Owambo kraal. Someone can be seen standing in the distance.
Please see APC and DPC diaries for July 1937 for an account of their time in Namibia, referred to as SWA.
See APC and DPC notes on building a Kwanyama homestead based on information provided by Hamjungo and translated by Alfaeri.
Long passages of these poles surround(ed) and protect(ed) homesteads in Northern Namibia and South Western Angola it is possible to see similar fencing in the model on display in Gallery 4. The fencing goes around the whole kraal and divides sections of it up. The passages are narrow to prevent intruders and the whole functions as a labyrinth with the most important parts of the kraal at the centre. [information provided to Nicola Stylianou by Napandulwe Shiweda and Erasmus Stephanus when visiting Omhedi in 2019]
[NSty 06/2021]
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
July 1937
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Black & White Photograph
Identifier
PHOT0.4.3.36.R.102.11
R.102-11_x001d__x001d__x001d_
Source
Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
Space/Place
Namibia_x001d__x001d_
Cultural Group: Kwanyama_x001d_
Owambo
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust