Collection place: Kenya / Collector: Paul L. Hoefler / Culture or time period: Eastern African cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Black and white negative, accession number 15-32683, described as 8 x 10" Negative. Nandi spearmen near Kapsabet, Africa.

Hearst Museum object titled Black and white negative, accession number 15-32698, described as 8 x 10" Black and white negative. Kenya. Image depicts Nandi warriors carrying a fallen lion. Hoefler's original description: "Kenya. The Nandi warriors bear away the vanquished but noble foe. It is part of their ceremony that the lion shall be lifted and born away from the spot where he met his death for these men have respect for the courage of the lion and a great amount of their success is due to the fact that they never underestimate the cunning nor strength of their foe."

Hearst Museum object titled Black and white negative, accession number 15-32656, described as 8 x 10" Negative. Kenya. Image depicts 15 Nandi spearmen, posing with Paul L. Hoefler and a fallen lion. Hoefler's original description: "Kenya. Paul L. Hoefler, leader of the Colorado African Expedition, with his fifteen Nandi spearmen. These men became greatly attached to him, and when he visited their villages, they staged a huge dance in him, and when he visited their villages, they staged a huge dance in his honor, and to celebrate the lion spearing victories. By common consent of all they presented to him the man from the first lion speared as a souvenir, and had it made into one of their warrior head dresses. This is a real sacrifice on the part of the man who speared this lion for no greater honor can be his, than to wear the mane as his headdress.