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A Bangwa woman at Ekibondo, 1935 - 1936

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304N/14

Scope and Contents

Side on view of a sitting woman. The caption at the bottom right of the album page continues: 'The Bangwa favour this style of hairdressing, and never wear the tamburu. The Sultani of Ekibondo had his hair dressed like this. The Bangwa too have more facial tatoos [sic] than the Mangbetu'.

Dates

  • Creation: 1935 - 1936

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

For photographs on the same album page see Y304N/13 and 15.

General

SG.

Finding aid date

2003-06-25 12:34:49+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

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