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210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'This particular type of dhow, which plies down the east coast of Africa during the northeast monsoon. They have altered but little during the last two thousand years and their enormous size may be gauged by the amount of cargo carried by this one ... three thousand bags of grain. This peaceable cargo is a great change from the grim days when they carried cargoes of slaves down the coast.'

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130 x 130 mm.

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160 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'These dhows are used for transport between Zanzibar and Pemba and the mainland. The cargo is protected by a roof of palm leaf thatch.'

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210 x 160 mm.

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210 x 160 mm.

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160 x 210 mm. The caption continues: 'The picturesque hats worn by these fishermen are woven from the leaves of the Pandaisses (?) plant which grows commonly along the seashore.'

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160 x 210 mm. The caption continues: 'There is no shortage of tropical fruits in season in Zanzibar - Pineapples are sixpence each, oranges perhaps one shilling a hundred.'

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160 x 210 mm.

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180 x 160 mm.

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165 x 210 mm. The caption continues: 'Zanzibar is rich in tropical fruits - oranges, pineapples and a number of other fruits grow to perfection in the equable climate of Zanzibar.'

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165 x 195 mm.

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210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'Squatting beside his hand operated wheel this Indian Potter in Zanzibar puts the finishing touches to a clay water pot.'

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210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'The potter's wheel consists of a wooden circular table surmounted by an upper band of coir in sacking which supports the clay pot.'

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35 mm slides. Images of Owen Falls Dam in Uganda, hill farming, tea picking and general landscape views.

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210 x 160 mm. 'The dance or 'Ngoma' is one of the principal forms of recreation amongst the native tribes of East Africa. Here are African women with powdered faces, magnificent headdresses of turkey feathers and beadwork, taking part in a dance.'

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210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'Their day's fishing done, their fish sold, and the family needs provided, these east coast fisherman repair to the market to enjoy a chat and quiet game of Bao - the African equivalent of chess.'

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240 x 188 mm. A view from the harbour wharf showing crowds of Swahili labourers working among the chaos of overturned lighters and other craft washed onto the shore during a storm. The reverse of the photograph is annotated: 'Even the floating copra in the right foreground was salved'. The harbour wall can be seen in the background with the Beit el Ajait and the Sultan's Palace at the right of the print.

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207 x 152 mm. A view from the harbour wharf showing crowds of Swahili labourers working among the chaos of overturned lighters and other craft washed onto the shore during a storm.

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155 x 155 mm.

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210 x 160 mm.

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120 x 160 mm.

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210 x 160 mm.

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210 x 160 mm.

Scope and Contents 200 x 250 mm. The caption continues: 'This photograph and those which follow show an African ‘doctor’ (Swahili: ‘Mganga’) performing the operation of cupping or blood letting upon a client. Briefly, the method is to extract blood by the powerful sucking action formed by the partial vacuum created in cows horns which are affixed to various parts of the body (the temples and along the backs).After shaving off any hair superficial criss-cross cuts are made and then the blood...

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230 x 200 mm. The caption continues: 'Fixing one of the horns. The 'doctor' is about to suck out the air through a small hole in the end which he will then seal with wax.'