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Title: Mother carrying child and wood
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Mother and child--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Fuelwood gatherers--Tanzania--Rungwe Di
Description: Portrait of a mother carrying her child on her back and wood on her head. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
Identifier: islandora:5591

Title: Interior of a hut
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Implements, utensils, etc.--South Africa--Pondoland
Description: The interior of a hut showing the men's side.
Identifier: islandora:5487

Title: Pondoland Reserve
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Cattle--South Africa--Pondoland, Huts--South Africa--Pondoland
Description: Landscape scene in Pondoland Reserve. A distant umzi, a large herd of cattle and a river.
Identifier: islandora:5481

Title: Ukumoga dance at a funeral
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Nyakyusa (African people)--Rites and ceremonies, Men--Tanzania--Rungwe District
Description: A men's ukumoga dance at a funeral.
Identifier: islandora:5514

Title: A young chief's trees
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Landscapes--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Trees--Tanzania--Rungwe District
Description: A young chief's trees.
Identifier: islandora:5559

Title: Landscape scene
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania, Tanzania--Rural conditions, Men--Tanzania, Landscapes--Tanzania
Description: Landscape scene, possibly at Mwaya on Lake Nyasa. Notice the coastal palms in the background. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
Identifier: islandora:5642

Title: Interior of a house
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Pondo (African people)--Dwellings, Interior decoration--South Africa--Pondoland
Description: Interior of what is probably a round square house in Pondoland. Notice the grinding stone on the bottom left and the picture on the wall.
Identifier: islandora:5428

Title: A funeral procession
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Nyakyusa (African people)--Rites and ceremonies, Crowds--Tanzania--Rungwe District
Description: A funeral procession featuring men with spears. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
Identifier: islandora:5681

Title: Children
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Children--South Africa--Pondoland, Huts--South Africa--Pondoland
Description: Nurses with their charges. This photograph depicts the same event as seen in: Reaction to conquest: effects of contact with Europeans on the Pondo of South Africa. London : H. Milford, Pub. for the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures by the Oxford University Press, 1936. Plate XIVa.
Identifier: islandora:5409

Title: Porters carrying luggage across a river
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Porters--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rivers--Tanzania
Description: Porters crossing a river. Godfrey Wilson listed the names of ten porters who assisted either in taking his goods into the field, or from one field-site to another. Photograph taken by Godfrey Wilson sometime between September and October 1934, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Identifier: islandora:5612

Title: A woman in traditional dress
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Women--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Huts--Tanzania--Rungwe District
Description: Portrait of a woman in traditional dress. The house in the background is in the process of being thatched. Photograph taken in December 1934 by Godfrey Wilson as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Identifier: islandora:5626

Title: Ukumoga dance at a funeral
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Nyakyusa (African people)--Rites and ceremonies, Men--Tanzania--Rungwe District
Description: A men's ukumoga dance at a funeral. This photograph depicts the same ritual event as seen in: Good company: a study of Nyakyusa age villages. London: Oxford University Press for the International African Institute. Plate XIV. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
Identifier: islandora:5673

Title: A Christian family
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania, Tanzania--Rural conditions, Family life, Christian family
Description: Portrait of a Christian family. Photograph taken in Mwaya sometime between October and November 1934 by Godfrey Wilson, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Identifier: islandora:5615

Title: A Christian convert
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Men--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Christian converts--Tanzania--Rungwe District
Description: Portrait of a Christian convert. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
Identifier: islandora:5527

Title: A funeral procession
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Nyakyusa (African people)--Rites and ceremonies, Crowds--Tanzania--Rungwe District
Description: A funeral procession featuring men with spears. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
Identifier: islandora:5680

Title: Working in the maize field
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Mother and child--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Nyakyusa (African people)--Agriculture
Description: A woman at work in the maize field with her child in her back. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
Identifier: islandora:5683

Title: Christian boys' village
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Nyakyusa (African people)--Dwellings
Description: A Christian boys' village being built around a school (the large building in the picture).
Identifier: islandora:5518

Title: A gathering
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Umbrellas--South Africa--Pondoland, Crowds--South Africa--Pondoland
Description: A social or political gathering.
Identifier: islandora:5491

Title: Porters crossing a river
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Porters--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rivers--Tanzania
Description: Porters crossing a river. Godfrey Wilson listed the names of ten porters who assisted either in taking his goods into the field, or from one field-site to another. Photograph taken by Godfrey Wilson sometime between September and October 1934, as a lone anthropologist during his first five months of fieldwork (August-December 1934)
Identifier: islandora:5646

Title: Man in traditional dress
Subject: Nyakyusa (African people), Ethnology--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Rungwe District (Tanzania)--Rural conditions, Men--Tanzania--Rungwe District, Nyakyusa (African people)--Clothing
Description: Portrait of a man in traditional dress. Photograph taken by Monica Wilson during joint fieldwork at different periods from April 1935-December 1937.
Identifier: islandora:5638

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