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Zanzibari girls at toilet, 1900 - 1910

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047A/27

Scope and Contents

151 x 209 mm. A view showing two Swahili girls, one arranging the other's hair in the distinctive Swahili style : 'Her hair... is 'done' in a number of ways, but the usual coiffure affected is the plaiting of her sparse locks into a series of ridges disposed at regular intervals over her head, which ridges are separated from one another by shallow valleys of bare scalp.' (Pearce 1920). A note on the reverse says 'Note shirt buttons in ears'.

Dates

  • Creation: 1900 - 1910

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Good condition, apart from slight yellowing.

Bibliography

More details on a description of the distinctive Swahili hair style can be found in : Pearce, Francis Barrow (1920), Zanzibar : the island metropolis of eastern Africa, London : T.F. Unwin, p. 247.

General

GD.

Date information

DateText: The date is approximate..

Finding aid date

2002-11-18 14:06:01+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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