IDNO

P.50132.ACH2

Description

Posed photograph of five Gikuku women, one carrying an infant, and one grinding grain on a stone.

Place

E Africa; Kenya; Central Province; Mt Kenya [Mt Kenia]

Cultural Affliation

Agikuyu [historically Gikuyu; Kikuyu]

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

Collection Name

Unmounted Haddon Collection

Source

Format

Photomechanical Book Illustration

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.50111.ACH2 to P.50140.ACH2 were found in envelope now marked C210/8/. This was found in another envelope now marked C210/ which came from the wooden drawer 1.

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being "Africa", but the same image in a stereoscope format is published online with the following caption "The Kikuyu women of East Africa in the Mt Kenia District". The Place and Group field has been amended accordingly. [Source: ‘Old Balck Africa in 3-D’, www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/2931186464, JD 25/6/2009]