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Weavers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

A weaver

 Item — Photograph 4: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 4
Scope and Contents

Nº 51. -- Recto [postcard] ; Copyright of Methodist Book Depots, Cape Coast, Gold Coast. ; POST CARD ; For Communication ; This is a real photograph ; Address ; Printed in Great Britain ; 115.7.4 ; GH-4 -- Verso

Dates: ca. 1935-1977
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 008, Vernon McKay (1912-1988) Papers / Personal Papers / Photographs / Ghana

An African operator checks the weave on one of the automatic looms at David Whitehead's textile factory in Rhodesia.

 Item — Photograph 21: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 21
Scope and Contents

Photograph by RONALD D.K. HADDEN ; COPYRIGHT ; Federal Information Department ; P.O. Box 140, Causeway, ; Southern Rhodesia. ; Negative No. 501 ; 21 ; SR-21--Verso

Dates: ca. 1935-1977
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 008, Vernon McKay (1912-1988) Papers / Personal Papers / Photographs / Southern Rhodesia

AU RUANDA-URUNDI.

 Item — Photograph 3: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 3
Scope and Contents Les Soeurs Blanches de Notre-Dame d'Afrique ont créé à la mission de Kabgayi  un ouvroir où les jeunes filles appronnent à coudre et à confectionner des vêtements, à tisser des tapis décorés de motifs indigènes, et s'exercent à de petits travaux de vannerie, passe-temps traditionnel des femmes du Ruanda.  Voici un groupe de jeunes filles préparant les cordes employées pour former la trame des tapis.  Leur coiffure en double croissant indique qu'elles appartiennent à  la tribu des Watutsi. ;...
Dates: ca. 1935-1977
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 008, Vernon McKay (1912-1988) Papers / Personal Papers / Photographs / Ruanda-Urundi

[Close up view of an African boy working a handloom.]

 Item — Photograph 172: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 172
Scope and Contents

Title supplied by cataloger, no information provided on image to transcribe. ; A46 ; 115.16.2.4 ; GH-168 -- Verso

Dates: ca. 1935-1977
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 008, Vernon McKay (1912-1988) Papers / Personal Papers / Photographs / Ghana

[Side view of African boy at small loom while two other African youths look on.]

 Item — Photograph 170: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 170
Scope and Contents

Title supplied by cataloger, no information provided on image to transcribe. ; A46 ; 115.16.2.2 ; GH-166 -- Verso

Dates: ca. 1935-1977
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 008, Vernon McKay (1912-1988) Papers / Personal Papers / Photographs / Ghana

[Side view of an African boy at a small loom.]

 Item — Photograph 169: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 169
Scope and Contents

Title supplied by cataloger, no information provided on image to transcribe. ; A46 ; 115.16.2.1 ; GH-165 -- Verso

Dates: ca. 1935-1977
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 008, Vernon McKay (1912-1988) Papers / Personal Papers / Photographs / Ghana

[View of two looms, exterior of a building and three boys.]

 Item — Photograph 174: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 174
Scope and Contents

Title supplied by cataloger, no information provided on image to transcribe. ; A46 ; 115.16.2.7 ; GH-171 -- Verso

Dates: ca. 1935-1977
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 008, Vernon McKay (1912-1988) Papers / Personal Papers / Photographs / Ghana

[Young African man stands beside small loom.]

 Item — Photograph 171: Series Series 3
Identifier: Photograph 171
Scope and Contents

Title supplied by cataloger, no information provided on image to transcribe. ; A46 ; 115.16.2.3 ; GH-167 -- Verso

Dates: ca. 1935-1977
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 008, Vernon McKay (1912-1988) Papers / Personal Papers / Photographs / Ghana