photographic print
- Museum number
- Af,B85.21
- Description
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Kenya [?], Kikuyu adult female walking at edge of unpaved road. Wearing cloth or animal-hide tied at shoulder, personal-ornaments, carrying bag over shoulder and large bundle of vegetables [?] on back. Rural setting.
Medium: Gelatin silver print.
- Production date
- 1929 (?;other photographs in sereies taken in 1929.)
- Dimensions
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Length: 8.40 centimetres
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Width: 10.80 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
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Locations and Masai ethnic group taken from inscription of Af,85.20, which depicts a similar scene.
Circumstances: One of a series of photographs, including Af,85.1-26.
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Sumbu and Aucka are probably age-set names or the girls lcna names.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1929-1963
- Acquisition notes
- Copyright: British Museum?
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af,B85.21
