IDNO

LS.121121.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "Zulu.
Dance at in Compound." [manuscript in ink]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Zulu

Named Person

Photographer

Balfour, Henry

Collector / Expedition

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

Date

1 September 1905

Collection Name

Teaching Slide Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

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]