A group of men dansing with spears stuck in the ground in front of them, Kenya.

  • Coutinho & Sons
Date:
[approximately 1900]
Reference:
537381i
Part of:
The Fallaize Collection.
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Also known as

Previous title, replaced June 2022: A group of men in Kenya, engaging in a war dance (?), with spears stuck in the ground in front of them. Photograph by Coutinho and sons, ca.1900.

Publication/Creation

Mombasa, [approximately 1900]

Physical description

1 photograph : black and white photoprint

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 537381i

Ownership note

Originally collected by British anthropologist Edwin Nichol Fallaize (1877-1957). Purchased by Capt. L.W.G. Malcolm in 1934, on behalf of Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome, for the price of £25. From a letter in the Wellcome archives dated 16th December 1934.

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