IDNO

LS.121097.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "Zulu. XI.III. Zulu.18.
Zulu girls with beer." [manuscript in ink]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Zulu

Named Person

Photographer

Balfour, Henry

Collector / Expedition

Haddon, Alfred Cort [B.A.A.S. Meeting 1905, Cape Town]

Date

25 August 1905

Collection Name

Teaching Slide Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Related Image: Same image is held at the Pitt Rivers Museum, with the following information:
"1999.11.14. Zulu women carrying beer vessels
Photographer: Henry Balfour
Date of Photo: 25 August 1905
Place: South Africa: Natal; Henley; near Pietermaritzburg
Cultural Group: Zulu
Format: Film negative 80 x 105 mm
Acquisition: Henry Balfour - Found unentered 1999
Description: Two women carrying beer containers on heads, at wedding ceremony witnessed by British Association members.
Other Information - See Balfour diary 1905. [Source: http://databases.prm.ox.ac.uk, JD 21/11/2012]

Expedition / Collector: This photograph was taken during a wedding, which the BAAS conference group visited on the 25th August 1905. The wedding was between 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]