Barbara Tyrrell
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| Soaped Hair |
Yellow soap lather is applied and left in a smooth cap for two to three weeks, and is done by male and female. |
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| Swazi Chief |
Swazi Chief - Mbabane - Swaziland |
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| Swazi Girl - Kubuta |
Swazi girl from Kubuta, Swaziland playing a musical instrument |
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| Swazi Head Ring |
Swazi Head Ring - Mbabane - Swaziland Swazi head ring (Isidlodlo) is thicker than the Zulu ring and has no gloss.
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| Swazi Hut |
Swazi huts are similar in shape to those of Zulu people but differ considerable in construction, the thatch being tied down with grass ropes plaited by women.
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| Swazi Royal Wife |
Hletshiwe Duba - Swazi Royal Wife - Mbabane Area |
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| Swazi Widow |
Swazi Widow - Mbabane - Swaziland |
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| The Mfengu tribe of the Eastern Cape |
The Mfengu tribe were traditionally refugees from the northern territories who found uncomfortable asylum from the Xhosa and suffered much under them as serf and slaves. |
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| Tombini Makhoba |
Tombini Makhoba Is an assistant of Zizwezonke Mtetwa - Ngudwini- Zululand |
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| Tonga Boy |
Tonga Boy - Gwembe, North Rhodesia |
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| Tonga Girl |
Tonga Girl - Northern Zululand |
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| Tonga Girl |
Tonga girl and her musical instrument Makwelane |
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| Tonga Maiden |
Tonga Maiden - Mamfene, Tongaland |
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| Tonga Youth |
Tonga Youth - Tete, Tongaland |
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| Tsonga "Witchdoctor" |
Tsonga "Witchdoctor" - Inyameti Pans - Northern Zululand |
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| Untitled |
Scene of a rural village with two houses, people seated in front and the aloe. |
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| Victory Blanket |
Victory Blanket - Mamathe - Basutholand |
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| Victory Blanket - Basotholand |
Victory Blanket - Mamathes - Basutholand A popular blanket made in Britain for Basotholand trade is the victory blanket, showing bombs and aeroplanes, with royal and victory symbol. |
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| Wooden bowl and two engraved calabashes |
Wooden bowl and two engraved calabashes along with wcp 705, a watercolor of a Ntwane boy initiate at Dennelton 1950's. The bowls are traditional type used in initiation school. Collected at time of painting by Dr. B. Tyrrell and donated ti the collections on November 1989. |
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| Xhosa Boy: Inkwenkwe |
Portrait of a Xhosa boy: Inkwenkwe holding his fighting sticks. |