Native girl with basket on head

Contributor
The University of Arizona Herbarium
Creator
Homer Leroy Shantz
Description
Native girl - showing type of dress common at Elizabethville. Colors are usually dark - brown, or some appropriate color. All carry on their head anything they happen to have. They wear a dress composed of a single piece of cloth which is drawn around just under the arms and worn as was the sheath gown some years ago. Similar to Roman tunic. [Shantz travel journal, Dec. 30, 1919]
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Title
azu_shantz_19191229_36901_m
Created
1919-12-29
City
Lubumbashi
City Then
Elizabethville
Continent
Africa
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Country Then
Belgian Congo
Is this item in the public domain?
No