RepositorySpecial Collections Archives (GB 0029)
Ref NoEUL MS 11/417
Alt Ref No11/417
Date[early 20th century]
LevelItem
Extent1 b/w photograph
TitlePhotograph of two women and baby
DescriptionClose view of two women sitting on ground. On left, woman is using a pestle and mortar; on right, woman is shaking a baby in a sieve with grain [itual to ensure baby won't starve or be afraid of noise and will be a fast runner when he grows up]. Background - stone wall in Kharga.

Subject themes:
People, ethnography, rituals, women, children, infants
Settlement, built, Kharga
FormatPhotograph
Access StatusOpen
Creator_NameKing; William Joseph Harding (1869-1933); explorer
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