IDNO

P.74539.ACH2

Description

Portrait of a man, annotated as being the 'Guardian of Snakes' at the Snake Farm, Port Elizabeth.

Place

S Africa; South Africa; Port Elizabeth

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

?Rogers, G.F; Port Elizabeth Museum

Date

circa 1919 - 1930

Collection Name

Unmounted Haddon Collection

Source

Rishbeth, Kathleen (nee Haddon)

Format

Postcard

Primary Documentation

Other Information

This print was found in envelope now numbered C463/ which was found in Bay C Drawer 39.

A letter to Mrs Rishbeth from ?H G D Fitzgerald dated 23/11/?47 was also found in envelope now numbered C463 which relates to prints P.74509.ACH2 to P.74519.ACH2 and also to prints P.74526. ACH2 and P.74527.ACH2. See Archive reference.

MAA Facebook: This image was published on the MAA's Facebook page 'Year of the Snake' album, 11/2/2013, with the following caption:
“The 'Guardian of Snakes' at the Snake Farm, Port Elizabeth.
Note the Guardian’s cap made from snake skin.
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Photograph published by Port Elizabeth Museum, circa 1919 - 1930
P.74539.ACH2." [JD 11/5/2013]