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Lister Haig Hunter
General Studies of Transkei People
Gcaleka Fingo Mfengu Thembu Pondo Xhosa
Photo Set G
Lister Hunter - Umtata Agencies - Tourists
Paradise
Lister Haig Hunter
was born in South Africa in 1919. After WW 2 and up until his death in 1981, he
traded in Umtata, the capital of the former Transkei. He dealt in
traditional herbal medicines known locally as
Muthi or Muti, as
well as curios and ethnic artifacts, the latter sold to foreign visitors. His
close association with his native clientele helped develop his keen interest in tribal
customs, which led him to the pursuit of photography. The two passions came together at "Umtata Agencies - Tourists Paradise - Indlu Ya Mayeza". There he
sold postcards to tourists which he produced in Durban
from his photographic collections. He also sold slides that detailed the customs of
his photographic studies. To
learn more about Lister Hunters life, business or postcards
click here.
Each Slide Set A-G, has
a dedicated page.
Click a thumb to enter the section or category.
Lister Hunter compiled his slide collections into seven
sets totaling 163 ethnic
studies of isiXhosa speakers. The
majority of the slides were taken between Umtata and Elliotdale in
the Eastern Cape. The seven sets were labeled A to G.
Gallery Ezakwantu
digitalized the slide collection. It is the Hunter family wish to share the fantastic imagery and information
assembled. The photographs and accompanied data are Copyright Protected
- © - by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
This is Set "G".
Tribal Peoples of the Eastern
Cape - Transkei
The following imagery and text was authored by
Lister Haig Hunter
GENERAL STUDIES OF TRANSKEI PEOPLE
ALL TRIBES
COMPRISING 32 SLIDES NOS 132 - 163
132.
Fine study of a Fingo beauty at a dance.
133.
Xhosa maids bathing in the river.
134.
A typical Transkei scene.
135.
Three married Fingo women in beautiful headdress.
136.
Xhosa kiddies at a food pot.
137.
Grinding corn outside during Festival time.
138.
Wood carriers in winter time.
139.
Pondo girls making up before a dance.
140.
An ox-drawn sledge loaded with corn, homeward bound.
141.
Witch doctor serving medicine in his shop in Umtata.
142.
Children being painted up before dancing.
143.
The grindstone used inside hut for grinding corn.
144.
Pondo girls doing the POZAAN DANCE.
145.
Tiny tots dancing.
146.
Returning from fields homeward bound with baskets of corn.
147.
One Sunday afternoon. Circle of Pondo dancers enjoying
themselves.
148.
Pondo girl dancing the NOMJEKO.
149.
Stamping corn in a huge hollowed out rock.
150.
A unique picture. Married Xhosa twin sisters.
151.
Women are the same the world over. Here one beauty assists
another.
152.
Youngsters asleep on their bed - a sleeping mat on the
floor.
153.
Pondo initiate wears this funny hat. He is not allowed to
look at women during ceremony. By lowering head had automatically obscures face.
154.
After any strenuous work, a mother always expresses hot
milk from her body before feeing baby as they maintain it is harmful to child.
155.
Witch doctor attending patient, all bangles removed from
painful arm. He incises with spear then applies a herbal remedy.
156.
Mother with child on her back off to town. Both faces
painted for beauty.
157.
A Xhosa woman smoking her traditional Xhosa pipe.
158.
A fine study of an old Xhosa man.
159.
A truly magnificent picture. Two-year old Samson, a young
Xhosa lad.
160.
Be it a bottle, a basket or a barrel, Xhosa women carry
most goods on their heads.
161.
A study of an old Xhosa woman.
162.
Me, my basket and my lovely big beautiful eyes. My name,
LEQANI, - 1 ½ years old.
163.
This woman is wearing a necklace made from the MVANI tree.
This tree grows in the forest. It has medicinal qualities, and indicates she is
the mother of a baby, and even if baby is not with her the necklet ensures that
no one will molest her, even at a beer drink. The necklet is accepted throughout
the Transkei by every adult as a mother's protection at all times.
PER SET - R9,60
(Circa 1960 Price)
LISTER HUNTER
P.O. Box 232
UMTATA
5100
Transkei
SOUTH AFRICA.
YOU MAY PURCHASE ANY SINGLE SLIDE OR NUMBER OF SLIDES FROM
ANY SET AT 35 CENTS EACH; HOWEVER, SHOULD YOU PURCHASE TEN SLIDES OR MORE,
THE PRICE IS REDUCED TO 30 CENTS PER SLIDE.
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SET "A" R15,00
(Circa 1960 Price)
SET "B" R 4,80
"
SET "C" R 4,80
"
SET "D" R 4,80
"
SET "E" R 7,20
"
SET "F" R 2,70
"
SET "G" R 9,60
"
R48.80 FOR ALL SETS PLUS POSTAGE.
(Circa 1960 Price)
End of Set G - Tribes of the Eastern Cape
Each set A-G, has
a dedicated page.
Click a thumb to enter the section or category.
Ethnographic Photographs -
Ethnic Photographs - Ethnographic Photography
Ethnographische Fotografien -
Völkerkundliche Aufnahmen - Ethnographische Fotographien
We hope you
have enjoyed this page dedicated to the life long work of African enthusiast
Lister Hunter.
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