The donkeys pretended to be clever ones, and gave in (i.e., swam across the river, which they had at first refused to do)

Item — Group: 23, Album: 2, Page: 12

Identifier: 23-2-12-3

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Record Group:

Note that all captions are supplied by encoder, except those which have been located in Berger's monograph, In Afrikas Wildkammern als Forscher und Jäger . These have been provided in the original German as they appear in the book.

Dates

1908-1909

Creator

From the Record Group: Berger, Arthur, 1871-1946 (Person)

Language of Materials

From the Class:

German

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, 12 p., 25 x 32 cm.) : Oblong quarto (25 x 32 cm.), dark orange cloth, gilt lettering to upper cover, containing 48 uncaptioned, silver prints, each approximately 9 x 12 cm.

Additional Description

Physical Description

Photograph 3

General

Title supplied by cataloger.

A very similar photo appears in In Afrikas Wildkammern als Forscher und Jäger, p. 27, captioned "...die Esel spielten sich als die Klügeren auf und gaben nach".