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Basutoland (Lesotho)

African Art Museum

Basutoland (Lesotho)
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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

"Basutoland (Lesotho)", 1941. Original caption by Constance Stuart Larrabee. Photographic image of a Sotho boy standing behind some of his herd of sheep. He is holding a stick and is wearing a blanket pinned at the shoulder and a cap. In the background is a man with his herd of cattle. Photograph by Constance Stuart Larrabee, 1941.
This photograph was also published in Constance Stuart Larrabee's book "Constance Stuart Larrabee: Time Exposure." (Yale Center for British Art: New Haven, CT, 1995.)
There are six 8x10 black and white fiber-based prints of this negative in the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection. EEPA also produced an 8x10 study print for reference purposes.
sova.eepa.1998-006_ref2898

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo79064bf6a-14ea-41c9-b6d7-899bd41dfc85

Local Note

Original Constance Stuart Larrabee Number: 4-158

Place

Africa
South Africa
Lesotho

Topic

Animals -- Africa
Domestic animals
Sotho (Basuto)

Creator

Larrabee, Constance Stuart

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Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection
Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection / Series 1: Photographs / Photographs / Sotho Peoples, Basutoland (Lesotho)

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 ((dupe print)., b&w, 8 x 10 in.)
1 Photographic print ((fiber-based print)., b&w, 8 x 10 in.)

Date

1941

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-062397

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_ref2898
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo79064bf6a-14ea-41c9-b6d7-899bd41dfc85
EEPA.1998-006
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1539205658568-1539205663212-2

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