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The orchestra (drums and sort of xylophones) accompanying dancers, De BeersCompound, 1910 - 1911

Item

Title
The orchestra (drums and sort of xylophones) accompanying dancers, De BeersCompound, 1910 - 1911
Institution
University Library, Cambridge
Collection Title
Fisher photograph collection
Creator(s)
Fisher, Alfred Hugh, 1867 -1945 (artist and photographer) - Great Britain. Colonial Office. Visual Instruction Committee
Description/Scope and Content
73 x 51 mm. Showing a group of musicians with a ring of spectators in the background. These are presumably Chopi tribesmen from Portuguese East Africa come to South Africa to work in the mines.
Date
1910-1911
Location
Basement Archives, UL
Identifier
RCS/Y30546A/83
Language
Visual material
Extent
1 photographic image - out of 29 albums (approx. 3864 photographs)
Collection Type
Special Collection
Level of Processing
catalogued to item level (ArchiveSearch)
Type of Materials/Format
photography
Related Collections: Types of Materials
For other images relating to the Chopi musicians refer to Y30468S/26-Y30468S/28.
Presevation/Conservation concerns
good condition - preservation work completed; some digitised on CUDL
Copyright
out of copyright
Item sets
Cambridge