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Clothing and dress

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 76 Collections and/or Records:

A Beauty of Tehuantepec [Mexico], 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1265
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a woman wearing the traditional dress of the Tehuantepec, Oaxaca region in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

A Matabele Youth, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1154
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a young Matabele [Ndebele] man wearing traditional or ceremonial clothing standing in front of a thatched hut in southern Africa in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

A Native Bazaar in the Highlands, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2196
Scope and Contents

Photograph of African men and women shopping at a bazaar with Indian traders in the Highlands of East Africa in the early 20th century. The text beneath the image notes, 'Notice the typical corrugated iron buildings of the Indian traders. The woman in the centre is wrapping round herself a Swahili robe of Manchester cotton. There are about 100 different patterns each of which has a special native name.'

Dates: 1870s-1930s

African Man and Woman, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2189
Scope and Contents

Photograph of an African man and woman wearing traditional dress and carrying walking sticks in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

African Tribesman [Zulu?], 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2188
Scope and Contents

Photograph of an African [Zulu?] tribesman wearing traditional dress with his weapons in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

[African Zulu Tribeswomen], 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3156
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a group of African Zulu tribeswomen in traditional dress standing and sitting in front of a thatched hut and tree in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

An Arab Woman and Man with a Donkey in [Egypt?], 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2877
Scope and Contents

Photograph of an Arab woman wearing a hijab, niquab and chadour sitting on a donkey with a man in traditional dress standing behind them in a street in [Egypt?] in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Archaeological and historical notes on Caisteal Bhuiri and Clanranald, 18 January 1871

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/137
Scope and Contents Archaeological and historical notes on Caisteal Bhuiri [Caisteal Bhuirgh/Borve Castle, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula] and Clanranald. Among the notes it is stated that Raol mac Alein [Raghnall mac Ailein] was the last to inhabit Caisteal Bhuirgh and that he added the porch and extended the west side of it. The castle was originally built on a sgeir mhara and Biorlain mac ic Ailein [Clanranald's birlinn] was anchored 'in a poll' to the east side of it. After that, children used to swim there. In...
Dates: 18 January 1871

Artefacts, c.1957

 Series
Identifier: EUA GD55/1/4/7
Scope and Contents

Comprises artefacts chiefly relating to the College uniform, including the College tie, scarf, brooch, pin badges and blazer pocket.

Dates: c.1957

Athmallik Elephant in Full Dress, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1458
Scope and Contents

Photograph of an Athmallik elephant in full dress being ridden by a man in a field in the early 20th century. Athmallik is another tributary state in Orissa, India.

Dates: 1870s-1930s