Photographs of indigenous South African tribes

An album containing mounted prints, the majority sepia toned, with typescript captions and explanatory notes. The prints are of various sizes but the majority measuring approximately 200 x 150 mm. They were taken by Mrs Malcolm Barker, Miss Mignon Herring, Miss Killie Campbell, Miss Barbara Tyrrell, Dr Wager, Lyn Acutt and C, Whysall. The tribes represented are: Ndebele, Zulu, Tonga, Swazi, Shagaan, Bushmen, Basuto, Pondo, Xhosa, Fingo, Tembu. The album also contains two short articles (probably part of a longer series) on African tribal costume by Barbara Tyrrell, extracted from the Veld Trust News (February and March 1948).

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Presented by Dr Killie Campbell, 20 April 1950.

Includes index.

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

This collection is available on microfiche: Africa, fiche numbers 173-176.

The photographs are in good condition.

The prints are designed to be used in conjunction with Barbara Tyrrell's South African tribal paintings (RCMS 211).

This collection level description was entered by KS using information from the original typescript catalogue.

DateText: 1930s-1950..