Young Malagasy woman from Majunga

1890

“Jeune malagache Majunga” (Young Malagasy woman from Majunga)

Photographer unknown
Albumen print
Zanzibar , c. 1890

A seated woman with one arm draped over the back of the chair , in native dress, turban and simple jewelry including multiple ear studs.

Details

Title: Young Malagasy woman from Majunga
Date Created: 1890
Location: Zanzibar, Tanzania
Subject Keywords: African Colonial Photographs
Type: Photograph , Portrait
Publisher: Winterton Collection of East African Photographs, Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston
External Link: Original Record
Medium: Albumen Print

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