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Xhosa Woman Plowing, Transkei, South Africa

African Art Museum

Woman Plowing, Transkei
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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

"Woman Plowing, Transkei, 1949." Original caption by Constance Stuart Larrabee. Photographic image of a woman navigating a plough through a field. Trees can be seen in the background. During this time, all over the Transkei region, women were at work in the fields because most young and fit men were away working at the mines. Photograph by Constance Stuart Larrabee, 1947.
This photograph was published in Constance Stuart Larrabee's book "Constance Stuart Larrabee: Time Exposure." (Yale Center for British Art: New Haven, CT, 1995.)
In 1947, Constance Staurt Larrabee visited the Transkei. She was there researching the housing problems in Southern Africa.
There is s 4x5 black and white copy negative in the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection. EEPA also produced an 8x10 study print for reference purposes.
sova.eepa.1998-006_ref1844

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7b6cbbd01-2816-45d5-9c88-4dfac64aecd9

Local Note

Original Constance Stuart Larrabee Number: 6-293

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 Negatives (photographic) ((silver gelatin)., b&w, 4 x 5 in.)
1 Photographic print ((dupe print)., b&w, 8 x 10 in.)

Date

1949

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-061342

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_ref1844
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7b6cbbd01-2816-45d5-9c88-4dfac64aecd9
EEPA.1998-006
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1539205658568-1539205663008-4

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