Mourning Dance - Tonga

Mourning Dance
Date: 
1951
Collection: 
Campbell Collections
Creator: 
Barbara Tyrrell
Resource Type: 
Photographs
Language: 
English
Coverage: 
South Africa
Resource Identifier: 
WCP 450
File Type: 
Picture
Extent: 
1
Rights Holder: 
Campbell Collections

Traditional head dress of the male mourner at a Valley Tonga funeral is of black cowstail mounted on a wire frame and decorated with a band of beadwork. Other ornaments are as worn for gala occassions

Access Rights: 
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Posted by: Yandisa Maquthu
On: Monday, June 15, 2020 - 11:57