Slides
name: label: Collection Photographer
content: Knight, Natalie
label: Collection Photographer
content: Priebatsch, Suzanne
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content: Natalie Knight and Suzanne Priebatsch collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1305 Slides (photographs) (color, 35mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1977-circa 1983
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2012-010, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Slide titles were largely provided by Knight and Priebatsch.  Three letter codes (i.e. PNJ, PSF, PZA, etc.) are listed for some of the slides.  These refer to a system that Knight and Priebatsch used during their many trips to South Africa to distinguish one trip from another (especially date and location).  When known, this information has been included in the slide's description.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series includes (1,305) 35mm color slides and dates from circa 1977-circa 1983.  The majority of the images depict the Ndebele in South Africa on their kraals (homesteads) making bricks, thatching roofs, and performing other daily activities; architecture, especially homes with painted murals, churches, and schools; and ornamental objects, including leg rings, neck rings, maces, Nyoga (Snake), Pepetu, Jocolo, Linaga, Nguba, Ghabi, Breast Plates, and Scotch.  There are images of Ndebele royalty, especially Prince Cornelius Mahlangu posing next to a statue of his ancestor, Nyabela.  

While the majority of the slides document the Ndebele, there are also images of Venda, Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, Sotho, Tsonga Shangaan and Tsawana.  Ceremonies including the Domba Initation Dance, a Zulu wedding, a Pedi (Northern Sotho) Wedding, and a Swazi Reed Dance are also represented.  The photos were primarily taken in South Africa, including in Mpumalanga, Limpopo Province, Delmas, Loskop, Nebo, and at Hartebeesport Dam.  

Several photos also depict artwork and exhibitions at museums, particularly the Marija Museum in Transkei and the Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C.  Many of the photos were used in publications by Knight and Priebatsch.  Some of the photographs were taken by Zamie Liknaitzky and Norman Priebatsch.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: Slides 644-662, 694-695, 707, 778, 781-786, 925-936, 1037, 1040, 1058, 1064-1073, and 1132 are restricted because they include family photos, depictions of unidentified artworks, and culturally sensitive materials.