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Title
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‘Mshongolo,’ Delagoa Bay Kafirs’ Dance, 1899 - 1908;
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Institution
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University Library, Cambridge
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Collection Title
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Views in Lourenço Marques [i.e. Maputo]
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Creator(s)
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Lazarus brothers (fl. 1899-1909) (photographers)
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Description/Scope and Content
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206 x 152 mm. Showing a group of Chopi men performing a stick dance, watched by a crowd of women in the foreground. The meaning of ‘mshongolo’ has not been determined but is possibly a corruption or earlier form of ‘msahone’, the Chopi term for a dancing place or performance.
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Date
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1899-1908
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Location
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Basement Archives, UL
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Identifier
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RCS/Y30468S/26-
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Language
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Visual material
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Extent
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1 photographic image - out of 32 loose prints
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Collection Type
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Special Collection
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Level of Processing
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catalogued to item level (ArchiveSearch)
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Type of Materials/Format
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photography
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Related Collections: Types of Materials
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Fisher, Alfred. RCS/Y30546A/83
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Presevation/Conservation concerns
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digitised
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Copyright
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out of copyright
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Notes
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available on CUDL
