Kichungi, a Wakamba, at Hamish's skinning a buck. His one leg is all withered by a poisoned arrow. A Wakamba will do any dirty work a Kuke won't touch. Kichungi has no sense of smell and will eat meat 10 days old and even hyena and leopard. He drifted down here from Wakamba country and married a Kikuyu. He is older and uglier than this photo. makes him look.
Item — Album: 35, Page: 6
Identifier: 35-6-3
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Small quarto (25x 22 cm.), containing 116 silver print snapshots (each approximately 11 x 7 cm.), mainly captioned, some with long annotations. Mounted on the first album leaf is a ferrotype (also known as a tintype), showing Squiers on horseback with a colleague and two Italian boys, in front of Mt. Vesuvius. Then follows the African content.
Dates
- 1912-1914
Creator
- From the Record Group: Squiers, Granville, 1891-1959 (Person)
Language of Materials
From the Record Group:
English
Conditions Governing Access
To inquire about access to this collection, please contact the Herskovits Library at africana@northwestern.edu.
Extent
From the Record Group: 1 album (1 album, 41 p., 22 x 25 cm.) : A few images a little faded; black half-morocco; minor wear to head and foot of spine.
Physical Description
Photograph 3
Library Details
Part of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies Repository
Contact:
Main Library, 5th Floor, East Tower
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300 US
847-467-3084
africana@northwestern.edu
Main Library, 5th Floor, East Tower
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300 US
847-467-3084
africana@northwestern.edu