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Mumia and some of his wives, Kavirondo, 1889-11 - 1889-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468K/44

Scope and Contents

155 x 113 mm. Showing Chief Mumia standing with a row of nine wives ranging on either side of him (in descending order of size and age), with thatched huts in the background. Jackson describes him as ‘A tall, thin young man, appears to be rather shy, and holds one hand in front of his mouth, possibly to hide his very prominent teeth, or maybe only a mannerism. Appears to have more authority over his people than anyone else so far met with in Kavirondo… He and many of his people speak Swahili fluently.’
See W.J. Eggeling ‘Another Photograph of Mumia’ (Uganda Journal, Vol XII, p 197 – 9) which discusses this photograph and quotes descriptions of Mumia from such varied sources as Joseph Thomson (1883), Bishop Hannington (1885), Colville (1893) and Lugard (1893).

Dates

  • Creation: 1889-11 - 1889-12

Creator

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Language of Materials

English

Finding aid date

2014-05-30 10:48:12+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

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