Photograph( Visual Item)
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Type
Image
Caption
Collodion portrait photograph published in Dietrich et al 2008 (Old number 323, p.109), captioned "Makuatse, Ndebele. Shoshong, Bechuanaland" of an N…
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EM-SMB32.1212.png
Description
Photograph of a group of people. Caption: "Standing in the centre (in traditional dress):
Sekgoma
Seated in the front (with hat and light suit):
McCabe jnr, son of Joseph McCabe.
Standing behind McCabe (wearing a hat):
Khama, son of Sekgoma.
Standing to the right of Khama (obscured):
the hunter Edward George Chapman.
Shoshong, Bechuanaland."
Sekgoma
Seated in the front (with hat and light suit):
McCabe jnr, son of Joseph McCabe.
Standing behind McCabe (wearing a hat):
Khama, son of Sekgoma.
Standing to the right of Khama (obscured):
the hunter Edward George Chapman.
Shoshong, Bechuanaland."
Type
Visual Item
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Identifiers
EM-SMB/32/1212
Chronology
2 October 1865
Provenance
This photo was taken on the 2nd of October 1865 in Shoshong by Gustav Theodore Fritsch of a group of people including Sekgoma, Khama, a hunter
named Chapman, Joseph McCabe’s son and other unidentified Tswana men and white traders. It belongs to a series of photographs taken by Fritsch between 1863 and 1865.
named Chapman, Joseph McCabe’s son and other unidentified Tswana men and white traders. It belongs to a series of photographs taken by Fritsch between 1863 and 1865.
Spatial
None
Makes connections with
- has former or current location Bechuanaland (None)
Archival Status