Two women and a pipe
Item
Title
Two women and a pipe
Creator
Description
Black and white photograph of two women standing shown from the back andin profile. One is handing a pipe to the other. You can clearly see their hide skirts, thick leather belts and decorative back straps. In the background is a thatched roof and log fence.
Please see APC and DPC diaries for July 1937 for an account of their time in Namibia, referred to as SWA.
Folder: Ovambo, Kwanyama. People - Dress - Cattle - Homestead
R.106.3 to R.106.7 are the same women. Might also be the women in R.105.8 to R.105.12 but the angle and quality of the photo makes it hard to be sure
[NSty 06/2021]
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
July 1937
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Black & White Photograph
Identifier
PHOT0.4.3.36.R.106.3
R.106-3
Source
Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
Space/Place
Namibia
Cultural Group: Kwanyama
Owambo
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust