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Young woman (Kikuyu) going to market at Embu - with load of bananas. [Shantz travel journal, May 6, 1920]

A native woman with a hoe. This is typical - usually they carry the hoe on their head when not using it - it is usually spiked on top and driven through the handle. Occasionally this type with handle going through, but usually the type is like this…

A native woman with a hoe. This is typical - usually they carry the hoe on their head when not using it - it is usually spiked on top and driven through the handle. Occasionally this type with handle going through, but usually the type is like this…

A native woman with a hoe. This is typical - usually they carry the hoe on their head when not using it - it is usually spiked on top and driven through the handle. Occasionally this type with handle going through, but usually the type is like this…

A photograph of indigenous women pounding white kaffir in a mortar.

A photograph of indigenous women pounding white kaffir in a mortar.

A photograph of an indigenous woman in a canoe in the river and oil palms on the other side of the river bank in the background.

A photograph of a Warundi manamuki husking corn in the field.

A photgraph of an indigenous woman sitting on the ground, cooking with a large earthen pot with a second pot being used as a cover.

A photograph of an indigenous woman with large trunk on her back and a child in front.

A photograph of an indigenous woman standing, wearing a deep blue dress. There are four other people, two standing and two sitting, in the background.

A photograph of indigenous Watusi cattle walking on a dirt path.

Native village in Manihot glaz[iovii] plantation. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 30, 1920]

Part of a panoramic photograph of the south shore of Lake Tanganyika, showing an indigenous village, grass area, and trees

Part of a panoramic photograph of the south shore of Lake Tanganyika, showing an indigenous village, grass area, and trees

A photograph of an indigenous village with wild sweet potato growing all over as well as bananas.

A photograph of a small village with some indigenous people outside of the huts on the right side of the river bank.

A photograph taken from the river, showing an indigenous village on the left and oil palm in the back.

A photograph of an indigenous village near the Kalule nord with the forest in the background.

A photograph of a partial view of an indigenous village on the left. There is corn on the right. These are used in pounding corn or "mealies" into cornmeal.