IDNO

LS.125829.RHD

Description

Portrait of a ‘Bemba P.C.’ (Paramont Chief?), holding a wooden staff with a metal? knob and standing in front of a thatched building. A man in uniform stands to his left and a woman and two men stand under the thatched verandah of the hut on his right. [JD 13/9/2013]

Place

S Africa; Zambia [Northern Rhodesia]

Cultural Affliation

Bemba

Named Person

Photographer

?Richards, Audrey

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1930 - 1931; 1933 - 1934

Collection Name

Macfarlane CollectionRichards Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

LS.125828 - LS.125878 were found unaccessioned in a wooden box, now number C655/ in the Photo Store, in Bay M.3.

Photographer: The photographer is probably Audrey Richards (1899 - 1984), who conducted fieldwork in the then Northern Rhodesia among the Bemba in 1930-31, 1933-34 and 1957. [JD 12/9/2013]