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Showing two men wearing spectacular head-dresses.

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Showing a man in patterned robes seated under an umbrella with two elephant tusks at his feet. Several others are pictured. It seems probable that the man is a chief.

Scope and Contents From the File: A collection of photographs on 77 loose sheets. On one sheet, in ink capitals, is written 'Photographs taken between June 18th 1934 - December 1934, in the Lamu Archipelago, Tanganyika, Kenya, Uganda, Belgian Congo, Ruanda Urundi, French Equatorial Africa, Cameroons, Nigeria, French West Africa.' The majority of the photographs have been captioned by hand, in a difficult handwriting, and some of the names of peoples and places have not been traced in works of reference. The following...

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Showing a number of men all wearing ornate robes and two wearing spectacular head-dresses. The man in the centre is seated with a leopard(?) skin at his feet. The nature of the photograph suggests that this is a party of people of significant status.

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Showing a man with a rifle wearing a head-dress of feathers.

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Full-length portrait of a man with a rifle.

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Showing four people in ornate robes standing on stilts.

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62 x 40 mm.

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56 x 84 mm.

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109 x 64 mm. A family scene with the palm fibres drying on the house roof opposite which are used as the only form of female attire.

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Head and shoulders portrait.

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Head and shoulders portrait of two young women.

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Full-length portraits.

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The caption reads: 'Hundreds of gallons of palm wine were given by the Government'.

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44 x 40 mm. Woman of Tamunken farming with her basket for food on her back.

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35 x 40 mm. The only dress they wear is a small fringe of strings at the back. In this area the fringe is short whilst in others it may extend down to the knees.

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62 x 40 mm. Women carrying bottles of water from the spring to their houses. Normally they use calabashes but no doubt they feel superior with a bottle, and realise it is lighter.

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56 x 84 mm. neg. and contact print. A young market girl with her white fibre waist strings and fibre fringe kilt at Mvwe market.

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56 x 84 mm. neg. and contact print. A young market girl with her white fibre waist strings and fibre fringe kilt at Mvwe market.