IDNO

P.143761.ACH2

Description

On Catalogue Card for P.6997.ACH1: Initiation, or circumcision dance, Kikuyu.

On Catalogue Card for duplicate image LS.140834.TC1: Kenya - Kikuyu. Kikuya, 48.3. 58.KIK.3,4.
Kikuyu Initiation ceremony.
(2 slides)

Place

E Africa; Kenya; Central Province

Cultural Affliation

Agikuyu [historically Gikuyu; Kikuyu]

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

Collection Name

Haddon Unmounted Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.143747.ACH2 - P.143766.ACH2 were found unaccessioned in Drawer A.30, and are probably prints collected as part of the preparation of the Haddon Mounted Collection. The Kodak envelope has been numbered as C861/.

Group: Kikuyu is an alternative name for the group Gikuyu, which live in the west Central Province of Kenya. [Source: Ethnologue Online 15th Edition, JD 19/6/2007]