Making a coffin for the body of a neighbour's servant, Bootha Plots, Randfontein, Transvaal (Gauteng)
Photograph
1962 (photographed)
1962 (photographed)
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A black and white photograph of a group of people, one man and three women, standing around a coffin in the making.
Object details
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| Title | Making a coffin for the body of a neighbour's servant, Bootha Plots, Randfontein, Transvaal (Gauteng) (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | gelatin silver print |
| Brief description | 'Making a coffin for the body of a neighbour's servant, Bootha Plots, Randfontein, Transvaal (Gauteng)', gelatin silver print by David Goldblatt, 1962. |
| Physical description | A black and white photograph of a group of people, one man and three women, standing around a coffin in the making. |
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| Credit line | Gift of David Goldblatt, 1987 |
| Production | Title as appears on verso. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Goldblatt, David. Some Afrikaners Revisited. Roggebaai, South Africa: Umuzi, 2007. Illustrated p. 87 |
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| Accession number | E.8-1992 |
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| Record created | April 16, 2008 |
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