Ndebele Children Near Homestead

Object Details

See more items in: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection; Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection / Series 1: Photographs / Photographs / 1: Ndebele Peoples

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.); 1 Photographic print ((vintage print)., b&w, 8 x 10 in.)

Archival Repository: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

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.

Scope and Contents: Ndebele Children Near Homestead, 1936-1949. Photographic image taken from the side of three children are sitting in front of a homestead decorated with painted geometric designs around the borders of the door, window, and edges of the walls. Each child is holding his two hands together in a prayer like manner. They are all wearing beaded rings around their necks, wrists, and legs. Photograph by Constance Stuart Larrabee, 1936-1949.; There are nine 8x10 black and white fiber-based prints of this negative in the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection. There are three black and white vintage prints: one 8x10 in., one 23 x 19 1/2 cm., and one 21 1/2 x 17 cm. There is a caption on the back of the 8x10 vintage print that reads as follows: "Young Ndebele sunning themselves outside their hut, not far from the golden city of Johannesburg." The 21 1/2 x 17 cm. vintage print has a caption that reads: "Spring comes to the young Ndebele picanins. They welcome the Spring blossoms as they clap their hands and sing." EEPA also produced an 8x10 study print for reference purposes.

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