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Collection Area Visual Arts Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Pearl industry and trade

1. Photo 496/6(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(23)
Title:
Linga: Swahili Pearl Divers. Photographer: Rev. Edwin Aubrey Storrs-Fox
Scope & Content:
View in Linga [Lingeh] of a group of pearl divers – here described as Swahili, but possibly simply East Africans. A group of five women sit along a reed mat in the foreground at right and centre, while in the middleground at right and left further groups of men and women stand and sit, for the m...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

2. Photo 496/6(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 496/6(24)
Title:
Linga: Swahili Pearl Divers
Scope & Content:
View in Linga [Lingeh] of a group of pearl divers – here described as Swahili, possibly simply East Africans. A group of women stand at left facing away from the camera and towards a group of men who are making music with drums. Inscriptions: Lower left, below image, in pen: ‘Linga.’ Upper l...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1918
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

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