Postcard. "Qua Qual", "Shen Yoni Hlabangano Sheeba Solomon", [and] "Shonna". [ca 1950].

Postcard. "Qua Qual", "Shen Yoni Hlabangano Sheeba Solomon", [and] "Shonna". [ca 1950].
Date
1950
Reference
Eph-A-CABOT-Variety-1950-01
Description

Shows a group photograph of three young people, probably performers, in traditional costume:

"Qua Qual" (Rain Cloud), part Hottentot, part Pawnee Indian, Kalahara Desert, Bechuanaland Protectorate. Worships the "Sun", called "Kam".

"Shen Yoni Hlabangano Sheeba Solomon", Central African Bushman (cave dweller). Beleives in a spirit called "Thoza", the Fashioner.

"Shonna", Central African Pigmy, worhsipper of the Moon, called "Kowel".

Dated from a newsclipping in Cabot scrapbook no. 82. These performers appeared in the Royal Show in 1950.

Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Physical Description: Photolithograph on card 157 x 102 mm.

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976] / [Theatre programmes collected by Charles Cabot, for variety shows and concerts in New Zealand. 1950-1952].
Format
1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s), Ephemera, Photolithographs, Postcards, Group portraits, Ethnographic illustrations, Photolithograph on card 157 x 102 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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Postcard. "Qua Qual", "Shen Yoni Hlabangano Sheeba Solomon", [and] "Shonna". [ca 1950].. Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]. Ref: Eph-A-CABOT-Variety-1950-01. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23050798

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