Ethnic costume

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Four young men wearing beaded jewelry and carrying small shields and sticks, in front of a forested area

 

Caption for photograph: Heathen Dandies

Description: Early twentieth-century.

 

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2)

File 6 (KCM 91/2/6)

Sheet 35

 

 

Mrs Jessup with two married women in traditional dress, standing outside a corrugated-iron building

 

Caption for photograph: Mrs Jessup and two married women

Description: Early twentieth-century.

 

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2)

File 6 (KCM 91/2/6)

Sheet 31

 

 

Postcard of six men in traditional dress, outside a thatched dwelling

 

Label on photograph: Natives at their Kraal

Description: Early twentieth-century.  Three elderly men are seated in front, and one of them has a large army-style coat draped around his shoulder.  Three young men are standing at the back, two of them holding shields.

 

Traditional girls and young children

 

Label on photograph: Natal ± 1918

Caption for photograph: Care Free yet

Tribal Life: a group of young Zulu girls and children, seated in a forested area

 

Label on photograph: “Zulu Youth” (MS BRUECKNER G12) ;

Tribal Life: a recently married Zulu woman (Umakoti) in traditional attire, wearing a cowskin skirt and beads, and carrying a small shield

 

Label on photograph: “Umakoti – a recently married Zulu wife.” (MS BRUECKNER G1) ;

Description: A recently married Zulu woman (Umakoti) in traditional attire, wearing a cowskin skirt and beads, and carrying a small shield

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2) ;

Tribal Life: a woman in traditional attire, wearing beaded arm bands and necklaces, kneeling on the ground making a sleeping mat

 

Label on photograph: “Making up a bed mat” (MS BRUECKNER G11) ;

Description: A woman in traditional attire, wearing beaded arm bands and necklaces, kneeling on the ground making a sleeping mat ;

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2) ;

File 4 (KCM 91/2/4) ;

Tribal Life: a Zulu diviner and apprentices, dressed in traditional attire

 

Label on photograph: “A Zulu “Diviner” with apprentices” (MS BRUECKNER G4) ;

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2) ;

File 4 (KCM 91/2/4) ;

Photograph placed in sleeve labelled “G: Photographs of ‘Tribal Life’ taken by K.R. Brueckner of Adams College.”

 

Tribal Life: Elderly man wearing a waistcoat and traditional attire, standing in front of thatched house

 

Label on photograph: “A neighbour in our vicinity” (MS BRUECKNER G3) ;

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2) ;

File 4 (KCM 91/2/4) ;

Photograph placed in sleeve labelled “G: Photographs of ‘Tribal Life’ taken by K.R. Brueckner of Adams College.”

 

Tribal Life: elderly man, wearing an ostrich feather head dress and goat skin mantle, holding a spoon of snuff

 

Label on photograph: “Ostrich Feather Head Dress.  Goat skin Mantle.  About to take snuff from a spoon.  Ear lobes pierced to hold snuff spoon & snuff box” (MS BRUECKNER G16) ;

Tribal Life: portrait of a married woman wearing beaded headbands and beaded necklaces, and her hair clipped up

 

Label on photograph: “Married woman with hair done up  ‘A perm good for 6 months’ ”(MS BRUECKNER G17) ;

Description: Portrait of a married woman wearing beaded headbands and beaded necklaces, and her hair clipped up.

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2) ;

Tribal Life: portrait of a young woman wearing beaded necklaces, and beads and reeds in her hair

 

Label on photograph: “Young Girl with beads & reeds in hair” (MS BRUECKNER G18) ;

Description: Portrait of a young woman wearing beaded necklaces, and beads and reeds in her hair.

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2) ;

File 4 (KCM 91/2/4) ;

Tribal Life: portrait of a young woman, with scarification markings, wearing traditional attire, beaded necklaces, and rings braided into her hair over her forehead

 

Label on photograph: “ ‘Ball Gown’ ready for a wedding dance (MS BRUECKNER G8)” ;

Tribal Life: portrait of a young Zulu woman with bamboo sticks in her earlobes, and wearing two rings in her hair over her forehead

 

Label on photograph: “Young Zulu Girl.  Bamboos in ear lobe ” (MS BRUECKNER G5) ;

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2) ;

File 4 (KCM 91/2/4) ;

Photograph placed in sleeve labelled “G: Photographs of ‘Tribal Life’ taken by K.R. Brueckner of Adams College.”

Tribal Life: three mine workers

 

Label on photograph: “Mine Workers” (MS BRUECKNER G6) ;

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2) ;

File 4 (KCM 91/2/4) ;

Photograph placed in sleeve labelled “G: Photographs of ‘Tribal Life’ taken by K.R. Brueckner of Adams College.”

 

 

Tribal Life: Two young women in traditional attire, seated, wearing beaded head bands and necklaces, and holding clay pots

 

Label on photograph: “Girls with clay pots” (MS BRUECKNER G2) ;

Description: Two young women in traditional attire, seated, wearing beaded head bands and necklaces, and holding clay pots ;

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2) ;

File 4 (KCM 91/2/4) ;

Tribal Life: young woman in traditional attire, wearing braided necklaces, a headband and her hair scraped up, and a cloth loosely tied to her upper arm

 

Unlabelled photograph ;

Description: Young woman in traditional attire, wearing braided necklaces, a headband and her hair scraped up, and a cloth loosely tied to her upper arm

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2) ;

File 4 (KCM 91/2/4) ;

Tribal Life: young women, dressed in traditional attire, fetching water from the river using clay pots

 

Label on photograph: “River Scene (Umtwalume River).  L. Weber PO Mariannhill.”  (MS BRUECKNER G13) ;

Description: Young women, dressed in traditional attire, fetching water from the river using clay pots.

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2) ;

Two people walking along a dirt road, carrying logs of wood on their heads

 

Caption for photograph: On the road to where?

Description: Early twentieth-century.

 

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2)

File 6 (KCM 91/2/6)

Sheet 24

 

 

Two women in traditional dress

 

General caption on page: Difference in Hair Dress.  Married women have the Inkehle

Description: Early twentieth-century.  One of the women is wearing the traditional hairstyle of a married woman.

 

Karl Robert Brueckner papers (KCM 91/2)

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