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Bananas, yams, and dasheen etc. [Shantz travel journal, May 30, 1920]

Bananas, typical of native cultivation. [Shantz travel journal, May 30, 1920]

Threshing Pennisetum, called mullele. [Shantz travel journal, May 30, 1920]

Shows implements which shows gourd, basket and bag. [Shantz travel journal, May 30, 1920]

A photograph of indigenous people threshing wheat.

Threshing Pennisetum, one of the most important elements of the agriculture here. [Shantz travel journal, May 30, 1920]

Dracaena, large trees, with a wide angle lens. [Shantz travel journal, May 30, 1920]

T. Brown, Ed. Heller, Shantz at Meru. [Shantz travel journal, May 30, 1920]

Acacia at left, Themeda and Stipa grassland. [Shantz travel journal, May 27, 1920]

Detail of Themeda grassland. [Shantz travel journal, May 27, 1920]

Skinning rhino. A. H. Boon, 50th St., Chicago. Shot the rhino. [Shantz travel journal, May 27, 1920]

Ticks on a rhino hide. Just back of the front leg. Also around all protected portion[s] of the country. [Shantz travel journal, May 27, 1920]

Shows rhino skin. [Shantz travel journal, May 27, 1920]

Acacia grassland, showing wind effect. Kenia at the left. Back lens off. [Shantz travel journal, May 27, 1920]

Acacia grassland, showing wind effect. Kenia at the left. [Shantz travel journal, May 27, 1920]

Acacia grassland, showing wind effect. Kenia at the left. [Shantz travel journal, May 27, 1920]

Themeda short grass land - black rocks and with trees in the back. [Shantz travel journal, May 27, 1920]

Themeda grassland and thorn tree. [Shantz travel journal, May 27, 1920]

Shows detail in this portion of the grassland. Themeda & timothy like portion of [it] with Andropogon and an acacia of buckthorn like type. Off toward Archer's Post at about 4:00 A.M. Drove through the heavy forest - at a comparatively few miles…

An up-close photograph of a group of indigenous women.