IDNO

P.7153.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Women carrying framework for ? loads.

A woman demonstrating how a carrier is carried on the back using a head strap to support the weight. A pad is normally placed on the top of the buttocks to help support the carrier and divide the weight. The carrier is used for carrying such as firewood, cassava root harvests and cassava bread, etc. [Information provided by the Great Lakes Initiative project team, JD 4/6/2016]

Place

C Africa; Democratic Republic of Congo; northern Congo

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Smith, Kenred (Rev.)

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1905 - 1910

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon Collectionvon Hugel Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information