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Xhosa Woman With Boy and Baby, Transkei, South Africa

African Art Museum

Transkei Woman With Boy and Baby
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Object Details

Creator

Larrabee, Constance Stuart

Collection Photographer

Larrabee, Constance Stuart

Collection Citation

Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection, EEPA 1998-006, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents

Transkei Woman With Boy and Baby, 1947. The woman is standing and holding a baby on her back. Her back is facing the camera. She has a wool blanket wrapped around her and is wearing a skirt and head wrap. The boy, who is facing the camera, is kneeling beside her and has wrapped himself in a blanket. There is a homestead in the background. Photograph by Constance Stuart Larrabee, 1947.
In 1947, Constance Staurt Larrabee visited the Transkei. She was there researching the housing problems in Southern Africa.
There are no prints of this negative in the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection. EEPA produced an 8x10 study print and 6x6 contact print for reference purposes.
sova.eepa.1998-006_ref1712

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7255eefd0-9205-42f9-b6be-a240ef589649

Local Note

Original Constance Stuart Larrabee Number: 6-161
Contact Sheet Number: 306405 (Transkei Agriculture and Scenery)

Place

Africa
South Africa

Topic

Clothing and dress -- Africa

Creator

Larrabee, Constance Stuart

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Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection
Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection / Series 1: Photographs / Photographs / Xhosa Peoples, Transkei, South Africa

Sponsor

The cataloging of the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection was supported by a grant from The Smithsonian Women's Committee.

Extent

1 Negatives (photographic) ((silver gelatin)., b&w, 6 x 6 cm.)
1 Photographic print ((contact print)., b&w, 6 x 6 cm.)
1 Photographic print ((dupe print)., b&w, 8 x 10 in.)

Date

1947

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-061211

Type

Archival materials
Negatives (photographic)
Photographic prints

Collection Rights

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Genre/Form

Photographic prints

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.1998-006_ref1712
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7255eefd0-9205-42f9-b6be-a240ef589649
EEPA.1998-006
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1539205658568-1539205662984-0

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