Deserted Masai Elmoran’s Kraal above Naivasha on the way down from Mianzini, 1889-09-10
Scope and Contents
155 x 113 mm. A view looking across a valley floor, with a stream in the foreground, towards an uninhabited Masai kraal of rectangular mud huts. Gedge’s diary records: ‘Shortly after we entered the plain [en route to Lake Naivasha] Masai kraals all deserted people moved off to Lykipia crossed plain in NW direction and reached edge of escarpment… Later … took 2 photos of warriors’ kraals. No trace of the second photograph has been found.
Dates
- Creation: 1889-09-10
Creator
- From the Fonds: Gedge, Ernest, 1862 - 1935 (colonial administrator) (Person)
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Language of Materials
English
Finding aid date
2014-05-29 16:34:58+00:00
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