Image / Group portrait of Maasai warriors, Kenya, ca.1908-1912

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Title: Group portrait of Maasai warriors, Kenya, ca.1908-1912
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1908/1912
Publication Information: University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution: University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information: For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk
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Description: "Masai warriors in war dress". Group portrait of four Maasai warriors wearing war dress, with sheilds and spears. The two men at the edge of the image are crouched down holding their shields whilst the two in centre are standing behind theirs. The spears are planted into the ground next to each man. There is a tree behind them and trees and shrubs in the distance.
Type: image
Format: Photographic prints, 20.8 x 14.9 cm.
Identifier: impa-a-nls-75658131-1.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-79808
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-nls-75658131-1.jpg
Subject: Clothing & dress
Maasai
Tribes
Warriors
Time Period: circa 1908/1912
Place: Africa
Central Province
Kenya
Kikuyu
Source: Acc.7548/F/24 [Reference number]
NLS DOD ID: 75658129 [File]
Relation: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from Kikuya and Zanzibar, Africa
Photographs from Scottish Missions, the National Library of Scotland
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