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Title
Indigenous men and women dancing
Description
Shows men dancing with women looking on at the right - banana leaf men in fore. The body of the dancer is white clay to the waist and this decorated by being scraped off. Ostrich plumes fitted under the nose and leading back over the head, white & black, are used. A monkey or lion skin is often used to form a tall skin hat. Wear only a string of beads around the waist. Each carries a spear and shield and a long knife. Women wear many neck, arm, and leg ornaments of metal & brass, skirts of tanned goat skin - no hair - decorated with beads. These women are not married but each has a man - but must have no children until she is married. [Shantz travel journal, May 23, 1920]
Creator
Shantz, Homer Leroy
Source
Homer Shantz Photograph Collection (MS 481)
Date
1920-05-23
Contributor
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
Rights
No Known Copyright: The University Libraries is not aware of any known United States copyright protection for this material.
Relation
MS 481, Box 34, 38432, G3-8-1920
Format
JPEG
Language
eng
Type
Image
Identifier
azu_shantz_19200523_38432_m.jpg
Coverage
Meru County (Kenya)