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Title: Himba tribesman
Subject: Himba (African people)--Angola--Cunene (Province), Himba (African people)--Ethnic costume,
Description: A member of the Himba tribe poses for the camera at Ruacana in the Kunene Province of Angola. After the signing of the Bicesse Accords and the withdrawal of South African troops from Southern Angola, Himba traders and their children were able to return to Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:6998

Title: Mashimba girl from southern Angola
Subject: Children, Ethnic costume--Angola
Description: A Mashimba girl from southern Angola eyes the camera with shyness and curiosity.
Identifier: islandora:6956

Title: A Christian wedding
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Weddings--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Wedding costume--Tanzania--Rungwe District
Description: A Christian wedding. Group portrait. Photograph taken in Mwaya sometime between October and November 1934 by Godfrey Wilson, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Identifier: islandora:5678

Title: CONTRALESA chiefs take seat in parliament
Subject: traditional dress ; members of parliamentEthnic costume--South Africa, Women
Description: A women dressed in traditional costume dances in celebration of a CONTRALESA chief taking a seat in parliament.
Identifier: islandora:8417

Title: Children dressed up
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, child, bushveld, game, play, San, indigenous, children, dress, costume, grass, Children, San, Play, San (African people)--Recreation, Mangetti (Namibia)
Description: Three children dressed up and having fun.
Identifier: islandora:11914

Title: A Christian wedding
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Weddings--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Wedding costume--Tanzania--Rungwe District
Description: A Christian wedding. Portrait of a husband and wife. Photograph taken in Mwaya sometime between October and November 1934 by Godfrey Wilson, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Identifier: islandora:5679

Title: Paarl festival
Subject: Afrikaner nationalism, traditional dressAfrikaners--Ethnic identity, Costume
Description: People dressed-up as 'Voortrekkers'.
Identifier: islandora:8148

Title: Wedding in Arderne Gardens
Subject: weddings, wedding couple, wedding dressColored people (South Africa), Newlyweds, Wedding costume
Description: A young bride and groom.
Identifier: islandora:8344

Title: Christian wedding
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Weddings--South Africa--Eastern Cape, Wedding costume-- South Africa--Eastern Cape
Description: A Christian wedding at a farm.
Identifier: islandora:5421

Title: Traditional dress
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Ethnic costume--South Africa--Pondoland, Umbrellas--South Africa--Pondoland
Description: Portrait of a man and woman in traditional attire, possibly Xhosa visitors in Pondoland. Note the use of the sun-umbrella as a prop, a status symbol in rural areas and also the shadow of the standing photographer.
Identifier: islandora:5442

Title: Edith Bruch in wedding dress, Cape Town, 1937
Subject: Bruch, Edith, Wedding costume--South Africa--Cape Town, Weddings--South Africa--Cape Town, ,
Description: A photo of Edith Bruch in what seems to be her wedding dress, holding flowers, and standing next to an unknown man, dated between April 1937 and March 1938.
Identifier: islandora:29850

Title: Children playing
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, child, bushveld, game, play, San, indigenous, children, dress, costume, grass, road, sand, Children, San, Play, San (African people)--Recreation, Mangetti (Namibia)
Description: Children dressed up and playing a game.
Identifier: islandora:11915

Title: Afrikaner culture
Subject: Afrikaner nationalism, festival, traditional dressAfrikaners--Ethnic identity, Costume, Parades--South Africa--Western Cape
Description: People dressed-up as 'Voortrekkers' for a parade.
Identifier: islandora:8145

Title: Traditional healer
Subject: traditional dressTraditional medicine--Africa, Southern, Ethnic costume--South Africa, Women, Weapons
Description: A traditional healer.
Identifier: islandora:8408

Title: Dress designer works on a bride's wedding dress, Cape Town
Subject: Fashion designers, Wedding costume, Bridesmaids, ,
Description: When Gaironesa Booysen marries Mogamat Hassiem Rabin in Kensington on Sunday, it will be like the royal wedding all over again. Gaironesa's bridal gown and the garments of her attendants are replicas of the clothes worn by the Princess of Wales and her attendants, except that Gaironesa had to have different dresses for extra attendants. Athlone dress designer Yasmin Matthews, who made the look-a-like clothes from pictures and her memory, puts a finishing stitch to Gaironesa's lace train.
Identifier: islandora:15221

Title: Traditional dancing in Tentedorp. Port Nolloth
Subject: Port Nolloth (South Africa)--Social life and customsEthnic costume--South Africa--Port Nolloth,
Description: A cultural event in Tentedorp featuring traditional dancing. Tentedorp is an informal settlement in Port Nolloth in South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:5262

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