IDNO

N.12493.EVN

Description

Dancers at Village Main Reef Gold Mine, South Africa, watched by members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. [EB 28/09/2022]

Place

S Africa; South Africa; Gauteng; Johannesburg [Transvaal]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Evans, Ivor Hugh Norman

Collector / Expedition

[The British Association for the Advancement of Science, South African Meeting, 1905]

Date

1 September 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 it to the lanternslides taken by Henry Balfour, and to his related diary entry, it can be seen that the photograph was taken at the Village Main Reef Gold Mine on the 1st Septmenber 1905. The Place and Date fields have been amended accordingly. [JD 11/21/2012]

Related Archive: Henry Balfour notes in his 1905 diary of the BAAS’ visit to the Village Main Reef Gold Mine:
Friday 1st Sept. Saw Edie etc. at station at 10 on their way to Potchefstroom.
Section meeting all morning. Lunched at Rand Club. Walked out to Village Main Reef. Gold mine where Kaffir dance had been been [sic] arranged. Many hundreds of natives engaged in dancing in sections. Improvised marimbas used as accompaniment, some very large with big oil drums as resonators + big baulks of timber as keys. The natives playing very skilfully + energetically. Dances very wild. Got some books for the little Furse girl. Got down some luggage to send off by the special to Bulawayo. After dinner at the Furse’s, L.+ I left for the 11.45pm train to Potchefstroom.” [Source: http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/manuscripts/balfourdiaries1905.html, JD 21/11/2012]