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Zulu (African people)

Images

  • 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.
All images (26)

Catalogue

    • Pictures

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

    Duggan-Cronin, A. M. (Alfred Martin), 1874-1954. | Reference: 541333i
    • Pictures
    • Online

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

    Fairclough, T. Lindsay. | Reference: 21348i
    • Pictures

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

    Duggan-Cronin, A. M. (Alfred Martin), 1874-1954. | Reference: 541375i
    • Ephemera
    • Online

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

    | Date: [between 1880 and 1900?]
    • Pictures

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

    | Date: [approximately 1900] | Reference: 535679i
    Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
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