![[Bamangwato tribal woman balancing a vessel of corn on her head, Serowe, Botswana]](/internal/media/dispatcher/93479/preview)
[Bamangwato tribal woman balancing a vessel of corn on her head, Serowe, Botswana]
Artist
Margaret Bourke-White
(American, 1904–1971)
Date1950
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (24.1 × 19 cm);
Mount: 18 × 14 1/16 inches (45.7 × 35.7 cm)
Mount: 18 × 14 1/16 inches (45.7 × 35.7 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Gary Davis, Class of 1976
Terms
- Photographs
- Gelatin silver print
- Africa
- Women
- Headdresses
- Necklaces
- American
Object number2006.082.002
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Margaret Bourke-White
1950
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Margaret Bourke-White
1950 (negative), ca. 1965 (print)
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1949
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Margaret Bourke-White
1951 (negative); ca. 1965 (print)
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