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Didinga girls at Chukudum, 1935 - 1936

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304N/163

Scope and Contents

The caption on the album page continues: 'They wear sporrans of beads laboriously ground from the shell of an ostriches egg. These sporrans are only worn by the unmarried girls. Necklaces and girdles are also made from the ostrich egg'.

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/164-165.

General

SG.

Finding aid date

2003-06-27 14:56:23+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

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