Lesotho (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Item
A Basuto chief displaying pots decorated with modern enamel paint, 1940 - 1949
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/498
Scope and Contents
Full length portrait of an aged Basuto chief with examples of pottery arranged on the ground in front of him. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
Dates:
1940 - 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
A Basuto woman making a pot. The first process is to form a ring of clay, 1940 - 1949
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/499
Scope and Contents
Showing the woman kneading the clay on a flat stone preparatory to making the pot. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
Dates:
1940 - 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A Mamatli potter of Basutoland finishing a pot in the Quithing [i.e. Quthing] District, 1940 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/501
Scope and Contents
Close-up view of finishing touches being applied to the pot. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
Dates:
1940 - 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A Mohair rug in Basutoland [i.e. Lesotho], 1940 - 1949
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/502
Scope and Contents
Showing a woman holding up a mohair rug, patterned in coloured stripes. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
Dates:
1940 - 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Basuto hut in the Maluti Mountains, 1940 - 1949
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/504
Scope and Contents
Showing a circular stone hut with thatched roof. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
Dates:
1940 - 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Basuto men making straw baskets, a men's job in their country, 1940 - 1949
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/500
Scope and Contents
Photograh by Margot Lubinski.
Dates:
1940 - 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Series
Basutoland [i.e. Lesotho], 1940 - 1949
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/497-505
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A collection of loose prints. The prints are mainly British official photographs representing aspects of development in the colonies and are chiefly 250 x 200 mm. Captions on the reverse, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The prints fall into subject collections.Nigeria: 1 - 8 Udi Village; 9-20 Ogwofia...
Dates:
1940 - 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
Firing pots in Basutoland [i.e. Lesotho], 1940 - 1949
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/505
Scope and Contents
Showing a man watching over the smoking mound where the pots are being fired. The typewritten caption on the reverse is torn and incomplete. What remains reads '[tear] the pots are covered with [tear] dried cow-dung and the fire [tear] has been lit'.
Dates:
1940 - 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Men's craft in Basutoland [i.e. Lesotho]. Students of the Mission Morija are being taght to make trays of fibres and grasses, 1940 - 1949
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/503
Scope and Contents
Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
Dates:
1940 - 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Mountain village in the Leribe District of Basutoland [i.e. Lesotho], 1940 - 1949
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/497
Scope and Contents
View looking across a river towards the village, with cliffs in the background. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
Dates:
1940 - 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).