Xhosa hut
Item
Photographer unknown, “Xhosa hut”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/7304
- Title
- Xhosa hut
- Description
- View of a thatched hut, showing clearly the wattle and daub construction. Two men in western dress are shown with ten seated women, all in traditional headscarves and blankets. The card mount has an inscription in the upper right corner: 'South Africa. 30'.
- Subject
- Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Vernacular architecture -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Building materials -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Xhosa (African people) -- Social life and customs
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019956
- Creator
- Photographer unknown
- Type
- still image
- Extent
- 1 photograph
- Location - Physical Location
- Original held at Cory Library for Humanities Research, situated at Rhodes University.
- useGuidelines
- In order to obtain a license for the use of any of the images apply to the Cory Library at cory@ru.ac.za
- Item sets
- Martin Plaut Collection
Photographer unknown, “Xhosa hut”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/7304
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