Object Details
- Local Note
- Original Constance Stuart Larrabee Number: 18-23
- Creator
- Larrabee, Constance Stuart
- Collection Photographer
- Larrabee, Constance Stuart
- Place
- Africa
- South Africa
- Johannesburg (South Africa)
- Creator
- Larrabee, Constance Stuart
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- Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection
- Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection / Series 1: Photographs / Photographs / Miners, Johannesburg area
- Sponsor
- The cataloging of the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection was supported by a grant from The Smithsonian Women's Committee.
- Extent
- 1 Negatives (photographic) ((silver gelatin)., b&w, 6 x 6 cm.)
- 1 Photographic print ((dupe print)., b&w, 8 x 10 in.)
- 1 Photographic print ((fiber-based print)., b&w, 8 x 10 in.)
- Date
- 1948
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-061809
- Type
- Archival materials
- Negatives (photographic)
- Photographic prints
- Collection Citation
- Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection, EEPA 1998-006, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
- Genre/Form
- Photographic prints
- Scope and Contents
- Mine Dance Performance, 1948. Photographic image of mine dancers performing for a large audience. One man is in the center, his back facing the camera, is holding a spear above his head. He is wearing arm and leg bands made of fur and holding a shield in his other hand. There are other men there dressed similarly. Photograph by Constance Stuart Larrabee, 1948.
- These images were taken in mining compounds in the Johannesburg area, where African miners, migrant workers recruited from all over southern Africa, lived in segregated quarters. As a form of entertainment, miners performed dances and played music on Sundays. These performances attracted white visitors, who received permission from the white owners of the mines to attend. Constance Stuart captured many of the images in this series during such an event.
- There is one 8x10 black and white fiber-based print of this negative in the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection. EEPA also produced an 8x10 study print for reference purposes.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1539205658568-1539205663097-1
