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Uniform Title
The Bryant Slides Collection
Photo Description
A woman wearing a folk costume while standing in front of an Acalypha hispida (chenille plant). Her costume is a long dress with long sleeves which stop at her wrists, while a scarf with a hibiscus print covers her hair. In the background is a wooden two story building. The Jamaican national costume for women is a long layered skirt, headdress, and a ruffled blouse. Slide labeled Jam. girl in Kingston.
Keywords
Women; Clothing; Ethnic costume; Plants; Euphorbiaceous; Jamaica; Kingston; Buildings, structures, etc
Subject
Women, Black -- Clothing -- Jamaica -- Kingston -- 1970-1980; Ethnic costume -- Jamaica -- Kingston -- 1970-1980; Plants, Flowering of -- Jamaica -- Kingston -- 1970-1980; Euphorbiaceae -- Jamaica -- Kingston -- 1970-1980; Kingston (Jamaica) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Format
image/jpeg
Size Original
35 mm
Coverage-Temporal
Jamaica -- Caribbean region
Identifier
DP0003467
Identifier (Genre)
Transparencies
Rights
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Recommended Citation
"A woman wearing a folk costume" (1972). British West Indies Jamaica Slides. 13.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/bwi-slides-jamaica/13
Keywords
Women; Clothing; Ethnic costume; Plants; Euphorbiaceous; Jamaica; Kingston; Buildings, structures, etc
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