IDNO

P.143777.ACH2

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate image LS.121097.TC1: “Zulu. XI.III. Zulu.18.
Zulu girls with beer.” [manuscript in ink]

"Zulu girls carrying Kaffir beer in gourds on their heads.
Henley Natal." [photographer's caption, circa 1905]

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

Unmounted Haddon Collection

Source

Format

None

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.143776.ACH2 - P.143792.ACH2 were found unaccessioned in a brown envelope, now numbered C863/, in Drawer A.30, and are probably prints collected as part of the preparation of the Haddon Mounted Collection.

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 made 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]