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The same girl, 1935 - 1936

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304N/240

Scope and Contents

The caption on the album page continues: 'She is wearing a sporran called tiang; this is worn only by married women. This is a small leather square, decorated with beads and cowrie shells. All the women both Labwor and Karamojongs wear a long leather skirt like this. Extra peices [sic] of leather are sewn in to the shirt [skirt ?] to give a full effect, and usually trimmed with thick beads of copper and iron. The Turkana women also wear this style'.

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/241-242. For other photographs of the same girl see Y304N/238-239.

General

SG.

Finding aid date

2003-06-30 14:17:45+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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