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Fruit market

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Market with locals, lively activity. The men wear a long, white shirt called a kanzu, a waist scarf called a kikoy and a cap called a fes or a turban in the Swahili-Arabic style, while the women wear a vividly patterned scarf called a shucka. Bananas, etc. are offered for sale

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Photography
Dimensions
Height: 16 cm
Width: 24 cm
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VIII A 20162

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1890
    where
    Tanzania
    Zanzibar (Zanzibar)
    Zanzibar (Zanzibar) (?)
  • Collecting
    who
    A. Nabben - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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