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Object type
Museum number
Af,A8.37
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Description
View of a street market with large white umbrellas. Adult males walking past stalls, and looking at garments for sale. Wearing "lamba" or shawls, and head-gear. Back view of a European adult male in foreground. Medium: Gelatin print.
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Producer name
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Ethnic name
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Date
- 1933 (13th October)
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Production place
- Made in: Zoma
- (Africa,Madagascar,Antananarivo,Zoma)
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Technique
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Dimensions
- Length: 9.25 centimetres
- Width: 15 centimetres
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Inscriptions
Inscription Type
annotationInscription Content
Album title: "COMORES RÉUNION MADAGASCAR 1933 MARY S. R. SINCLAIR" [embossed gilt on album cover]. Front end papers: "CAMORES 1-13. REUNION 1-14. MAD 1-41." [manuscript note]. Original description: "The market. Tananarive. 13-IX-33" [manuscript note on print border]; "E." [manuscript note on back of print].
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Curator's comments
Cataloguer's comments: The street market is the main market in Antananarivo. It is called the "Zoma". John Mack, 20/06/1995. Album contains 68 photographs. Main themes of album: Travel around Comoros, Réunion, and Madagascar showing landscapes, harbours, buildings and portraits. Albums Af,A9 to Af,A33 belong to the same series. Circumstances: [SIN-] PIC DOC 08.
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Location
Not on display
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Condition
Album bound in full leather. Good condition.
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Subjects
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Acquisition name
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Acquisition notes
Copyright: British Museum (?).
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Department
Africa, Oceania & the Americas
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Registration number
Af,A8.37
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