Black and white negative

Museum number:
15-32248
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Alternate number:
TAN-177 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4054 and Acc.4115
Description:
4" x 5" Negative. Two Ikoma warriors pose with expedition truck near Lake Victoria. Hoefler's original description: "Photo made near Lake Victoria and are of the Ikoma Tribe. They had agreed to spear the lions for us, but the Masai went to war with them and they had to stay at home to fight the Masai raiders. Quite a few on each side were killed, but it was never put in the paper as the English always cover up these things.
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Lake Victoria
Maker or artist:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collector:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collection date:
1928-1929
Materials:
Cellulose nitrate film
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Black-and-white negatives
Accession date:
August 8, 1985
Department:
Still and motion photography
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Black and white negative, accession number 15-32248, described as 4" x 5" Negative. Two Ikoma warriors pose with expedition truck near Lake Victoria. Hoefler's original description: "Photo made near Lake Victoria and are of the Ikoma Tribe. They had agreed to spear the lions for us, but the Masai went to war with them and they had to stay at home to fight the Masai raiders. Quite a few on each side were killed, but it was never put in the paper as the English always cover up these things.

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