photographic print
- Museum number
- Af,A3.82
- Description
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Portrait of a adult female seated in front of a painted backdrop. Wearing a sari [?] possibly made of silk, metal personal-ornaments including nose-ornaments, ear-ornaments, wrist-ornaments, arm-ornaments, neck-ornaments, rings. Holding a fan, possibly made of a pandanus leaf.
Albumen print.
- Production date
- 1875-1895 (?)
- Dimensions
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Length: 20.29 centimetres
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Width: 15.20 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Cataloguer's comments: Some information provided by Margaret Carey, 16/03/1995.
Album contains 90 photographs by various photographers.
Main themes of album: Views of Cape Town, Johanesburg and Pretoria, of Kimberley diamond mines, of scenes in Transvaal and Natal, and studio portraits.
Circumstances: [MCC-] PIC DOC 03.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Album has broken covers, pages are fragile and some are breaking at the edges.
- Acquisition date
- 1942
- Acquisition notes
- Copyright: British Museum.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af,A3.82