Photography of Homer L. Shantz
Native girl with basket on head
Contributor:
The University of Arizona Herbarium
Creator:
Homer Leroy Shantz
Description:
Native girl - showing type of dress common at Elizabethville. Colors are usually dark - brown, or some appropriate color. All carry on their head anything they happen to have. They wear a dress composed of a single piece of cloth which is drawn around just under the arms and worn as was the sheath gown some years ago. Similar to Roman tunic. [Shantz travel journal, Dec. 30, 1919]
Format:
image/jpeg
Language:
English
Title:
azu_shantz_19191229_36901_m
Created:
1919-12-29
City:
Lubumbashi
City Then:
Elizabethville
Continent:
Africa
Country:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Country Then:
Belgian Congo
Is this item in the public domain?:
No
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