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Seated Swahili male in a flamboyant cotton robe and wearing an extravagantly coiled turban at a jaunty angle

 Item — Envelope: 61
Identifier: 61-6

Scope and Contents

From the File:

Photographs of the Zanzibar waterfront, posed portraits of Swahili women, and several scenes of camels and pack mules. Two of the photographs also appear in album 63, as noted in the list of contents. All photographs are uncaptioned and the captions listed here have been supplied from the original inventory.

Dates

  • Circa 1900

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

Conditions Governing Access

To inquire about access to this collection, please contact the Herskovits Library at africana@northwestern.edu.

Extent

From the File: 10 Photographs (10 loose photographs, various dimensions, none less than 13 cm. or more than 22 cm. in either dimension.) : 10 unmounted silver prints, all but one bearing the Gomes ink stamp on the reverse, various dimensions.

Physical Description

Photograph 6

Library Details

Part of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies Repository

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