Image no. 12, entitled:"At the Shembe wedding. The third man from the left, with shield, is the bridegroom. Occupying the stage is a clowning woman. With an imaginary fountain pen she will soon write

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National Registers of Manuscripts and Photographs (NAREM and NAREF) National Archives' cartographic and library material, microfilms and copies
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National Registers of Manuscripts and Photographs (NAREM and NAREF) National Archives' cartographic and library material, microfilms and copies
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Title to long - truncated: Image no. 12, entitled:"At the Shembe wedding. The third man from the left, with shield, is the bridegroom. Occupying the stage is a clowning woman. With an imaginary fountain pen she will soon write out the marriage certificate, and assuming the haughty benevolence she thinks appropriate to a white official, she will offer the certificate to the bridegroom. Below her, another woman reassembles the gifts that the bride has scorned".

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Donor: Mrs A Paton; photographer: Dan Weiner; published in Alan Paton's book 'South Africa in transition' Scribner, New York 1956; 34 x 23 cm; black and white.
KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg