![[A hedge of thorns protecting Bamangwato tribal chief, Seretse Khama, and his British wife during controversy over their marriage, Serowe, Botswana]](/internal/media/dispatcher/93477/preview)
[A hedge of thorns protecting Bamangwato tribal chief, Seretse Khama, and his British wife during controversy over their marriage, Serowe, Botswana]
Artist
Margaret Bourke-White
(American, 1904–1971)
Date1950
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 1/2 × 13 1/2 inches (26.7 × 34.3 cm);
Mat: 16 × 19 15/16 inches (40.6 × 50.6 cm)
Mat: 16 × 19 15/16 inches (40.6 × 50.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Gary Davis, Class of 1976
Terms
- Photographs
- Gelatin silver print
- Africa
- Houses
- Fences
- Clouds
- American
Object number2006.082.001
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