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Zulu (African people)

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

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Images from the collections

Images referencing Zulu (African people)

26 images from works
  • 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.
  • Five Zulu men standing in a line holding shields. Colour process print, ca. 1909.
  • 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.

Works from the collections

64 works

    • 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.

Related topics

Zululand (South Africa)
South Africa
Ethnology
Shamans
Manners and customs
Medicine, Traditional
Ceremonial Behavior
Headgear
Costume
Physicians

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