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A kuku girl near Kajo-Kaji, with a glass lip ornament and a giraffe hair necklace, 1935 - 1936

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304N/143

Scope and Contents

The caption on the album page reads: 'The Kuku Tribe live in the South West corner of the Sudan, almost overflowing into the W.Nile Province of Uganda. The girls are good lookers, and wear a very striking dress, consisting of - A broad girdle of dark red beads, and hanging down behind a small tail or brush of string, neatly bound at the stump with small beads. In front they have a loop of chain'.

Dates

  • Creation: 1935 - 1936

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

For photographs on the same album page see Y304N/144-145.

General

SG.

Finding aid date

2003-06-26 14:46:20+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

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