South African Museum, Cape town Life-casts of natives. Bushwomen of the Auen tribe, making ostrich eggshell beads. Border of Kalahari, South West Africa
Object Details
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Image indexed by negative number.
- Place
- Africa
- South Africa
- Topic
- Museums
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- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 41: South Africa (SA)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
- Date
- ca. 1970
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SA-41-03
- Type
- Archival materials
- Postcards
- Picture postcards
- Collection Citation
- African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- 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
- Picture postcards
- Scope and Contents
- Original caption reads, "South African Museum, Cape town. Life-casts of Natives. Bushwomen of the Auen tribe, making ostrich eggshell beads. Border of Kalahari, South West Africa. One woman shapes the pieces roughly with her teeth and a little stone anvil; the other drills them, strings them and rubs them down to uniform size."
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871088493-4
- Metadata Usage
- CC0