'Linga: Swahili Pearl Divers' [‎12-a] (1/1)

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Ref: Photo 496/6/23

The record is made up of 1 b&w silver gelatin The principal photographic process used for black and white photography from the 1870s. print. It was created in Jan 1918. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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View in Linga [Lingeh] of a group of pearl divers – here described as Swahili, but possibly simply East Africans. A group of five women sit along a reed mat in the foreground at right and centre, while in the middleground at right and left further groups of men and women stand and sit, for the most part facing away from the camera. Further figures can be seen in the background at centre and left. Palm trees line the horizon.

Inscriptions:

Lower left, below image, in pen: ‘Linga.’

Upper left, above image, in pencil, crossed-out: ‘a’

Lower right, alongside image, in pencil: ‘23’

Lower right, below image, in pen: ‘Swahili Pearl Divers.’ ‘(Jan. 1918)’

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1 b&w silver gelatin The principal photographic process used for black and white photography from the 1870s. print

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70 x 96 mm

Condition:

The image is in good condition.

Foliation:

'a'; '23'

Process:

Silver gelatin The principal photographic process used for black and white photography from the 1870s. print

Written in

English in Latin script

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Reference: Photo 496/6/23
Title: 'Linga: Swahili Pearl Divers'
Pages: 12-a
Author: Storrs-Fox, Edwin Aubrey
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