IDNO

N.12485.EVN

Description

Zulu warriors on a grassy hillside.

Place

S Africa; South Africa; KwaZulu-Natal; near Pietermaritzburg; Henley [Natal]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Evans, Ivor Hugh Norman

Collector / Expedition

Evans, Ivor Hugh Norman

Date

25 August 1905

Collection Name

Evans Collection

Source

Evans, Ivor Hugh Norman

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.12461.EVN and N.12467.EVN to N.12501.EVN came from the envelope C252/4/ which was found inside the box now marked C252/.

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being “Africa; South Africa”, but matching this to a series taken in the same place, P.7336.ACH1 - P.7341.ACH1 shows that it was taken at Henley, KwaZulu-Natal in 1905. The Place and Date fields have been amended accordingly. [JD 11/7/2012]

Context: The event at Henley was the wedding of the chief, Mhlola of the Nadi, and a commoner bride. [Information provided by Nessa Leibhammer, Curator of Traditional Southern African Collections, Johannesburg Art Gallery, JD 1/16/2013]