George Rodger - SOUTH AFRICA. Transkei. Land of the Red People. 1948

SOUTH AFRICA. Transkei. Land of the Red People. 1948 - The Pondo tribe girls have special types of beadwork headdresses which denote their status in life. Adolescent girls wear a single band round the forehead, betrothed girls a double band, and married women yet more varied designs. The married women also change their blanket of red ochre for one of pale blue after they have been proved good and faithful wives. 1948. - George Rodger

The Pondo tribe girls have special types of beadwork headdresses which denote their status in life. Adolescent girls wear a single band round the forehead, betr...

SOUTH AFRICA. Transkei. Land of the Red People. 1948 - SOUTH AFRICA. Transkei. On the south coast of Africa is a territory known as

SOUTH AFRICA. Transkei. On the south coast of Africa is a territory known as "the land of the Red People; the name comes from the colour of the soil, from the r...

SOUTH AFRICA. Transkei. Land of the Red People. 1948 - SOUTH AFRICA. Transkei, land of the red people. A couple of Pondo girls by the side of the road. They cover their bodies in red clay and their skirts are dyed in red ochre. 1948. - George Rodger

SOUTH AFRICA. Transkei, land of the red people. A couple of Pondo girls by the side of the road. They cover their bodies in red clay and their skirts are dyed i

SOUTH AFRICA. Transkei. Land of the Red People. 1948 - SOUTH AFRICA. Transkei. Land of the Red People. Pondo people dance to celebrate a wedding, a time of feasting and beer. 1948. - George Rodger

SOUTH AFRICA. Transkei. Land of the Red People. Pondo people dance to celebrate a wedding, a time of feasting and beer. 1948.

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