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Native girl with basket on head Dec 29, 1919 Elizabethville, Belgian Congo
Native girl - showing type of dress common at Elizabethville. Colors are usually dark - brown, or some appropriate color. All carry on their head anything they happen to have. They wear a dress composed of a single piece of cloth which is drawn around just under the arms and worn as was the sheath gown some years ago. Similar to Roman tunic. [Shantz travel journal, Dec. 30, 1919]