Sujet

Portrait of Hausa women

Légende

Studio portrait of seven women and a young girl, all wearing tailored gowns of dark cloth (probably indigo blue cotton) embroidered with geometrical patterns, suggesting that they are Hausa women from northern Nigeria. They also wear head cloths. The seven women are seated on chairs and the girl is on an animal skin rug in front of them.

Date

1918

Crédit

Photo12/UIG/Bristol Archives/Tamlin collection

Notre référence

UMG24A00_460

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

42,0Mo (1,7Mo) / 37,8cm x 27,8cm / 4466 x 3289 (300dpi)

Mots clés

studio portrait seven women young girl wearing tailored gowns dark cloth probably indigo blue cotton embroidered geometrical patterns suggesting hausa women northern nigeria they also wear head cloths the seven women seated chairs girl animal skin rug front them west africa historical content history historical photography