Ethnic group in South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)

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A Zulu medicine man dancing in order to detect which one of the women seated around them has bewitched their ruler. Gouache by W.R.S. Stott, 1928.

Zululand: a married Zulu woman with a pyramidal hairdressing. Photograph.

Zululand, South Africa: a woman witch doctor. Photograph.

[Undated handbill (1850?) advertising "a display of African tribesmen in traditonal costumes at Cosmorama Rooms, Regent Street, London].

A Zulu medicine man or shaman. Halftone.

Five Zulu men standing in a line holding shields. Colour process print, ca. 1909.

A Zulu medicine man or shaman performing a ritual to fend off a hailstorm, South Africa. Halftone after Trappist Mission, Natal.

Battle of Ulundi, part of the Zulu War, South Africa: with a numbered key. Wood engraving.

Royal Aquarium : Cetewayo's daughters : Farinis Zulu Princesses : Unolala, Adza Mvoula and her baby Umgane, Unomadloza.

Zulu Kafirs : Exhibition of native Zulu Kafirs, with the sanction of the colonial authorities ...  / St. George's Gallery, Hyde Park Corner, Piccadilly, formerly the Chinese Museum (including both galleries).

A white doctor vaccinating a African child, surrounded by crowds of women and children waiting to be vaccinated. Process print by Meisenbach after a photograph.

Zululand, South Africa: an Ama-Zulu. Photograph by Alfred M. Duggan-Cronin.

A Zulu medicine woman or shaman practising in Basutoland, South Africa. Halftone after a photograph by L. Fairclough.

Zululand, South Africa: three women water carriers. Photograph by Alfred M. Duggan-Cronin.

Last three weeks of the Zulu Kafirs, in London ... / St. George's Gallery, Hyde Park Corner, Piccadilly, formerly the Chinese Museum (including both galleries).

A young Zulu warrior, wearing full wedding regalia, carrying a shield and several staves.

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Zulu (African people)

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Images about Zulu (African people)

Works from the collections

Zululand, South Africa: an Ama-Zulu. Photograph by Alfred M. Duggan-Cronin.

A Zulu medicine woman or shaman practising in Basutoland, South Africa. Halftone after a photograph by L. Fairclough.

Zululand, South Africa: three women water carriers. Photograph by Alfred M. Duggan-Cronin.

Last three weeks of the Zulu Kafirs, in London ... / St. George's Gallery, Hyde Park Corner, Piccadilly, formerly the Chinese Museum (including both galleries).

A young Zulu warrior, wearing full wedding regalia, carrying a shield and several staves.

Zulu (African people)

Images from the collections

Images about Zulu (African people)

Works from the collections

Zululand, South Africa: an Ama-Zulu. Photograph by Alfred M. Duggan-Cronin.

A Zulu medicine woman or shaman practising in Basutoland, South Africa. Halftone after a photograph by L. Fairclough.

Zululand, South Africa: three women water carriers. Photograph by Alfred M. Duggan-Cronin.

Last three weeks of the Zulu Kafirs, in London ... / St. George's Gallery, Hyde Park Corner, Piccadilly, formerly the Chinese Museum (including both galleries).

A young Zulu warrior, wearing full wedding regalia, carrying a shield and several staves.

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