Rhodesia - Kafue(?). Mashukulumbwe headgear – Vintage Wall Art
![Rhodesia - Kafue(?). Mashukulumbwe headgear, [between 1890 and 1923] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b1/b11fcf6ae199-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Rhodesia - Kafue(?). Mashukulumbwe headgear, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Rhodesia - Kafue(?). Mashukulumbwe headgear
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The caption names headgear worn by the Mashukulumbwe, a people mentioned in colonial-era records of Northern Rhodesia, and places the scene near the Kafue River, though a question mark shows the location was uncertain. The print dates to between 1890 and 1923, a period of expanding British administration in the region, when travel writers and photographers often recorded African dress as a curiosity. It belongs to the Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection, whose American travel writers used such images to illustrate their accounts.
| Created / published | [between 1890 and 1923] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1890-1930. |
| Notes | Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Uganda. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,052 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-159699 |
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