Black and white negative

Museum number:
15-32578
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4054
Description:
8 x 10" Negative. Image depicting row of Nandi warriors. Hoefler's original description: "15 Brave Men and True. Nandi Warriors. Just before the first lion encounter, in which the youth standing in the back with the white shells on his head dress took the lion's charge all alone. Although his spear did not kill it outright, still he came out of the fray in good shape. The spears are called "ngotit" and the shields are "long," while the headdress is "kutua," if of lion man, and "sombe" if of ostrich feather. Photograph taken in typical Tanganyika (Tanzania) scenery near Camp Simba. This photo was taken the day before the first lion encounter, and Hoefler had been bantering with the Nandi, saying that the women in America wore big hats also. After the first spearing, they all came up to shake hands and ask if they were women or men!!
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Tanzania
Maker or artist:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collector:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collection date:
1951
Materials:
Cellulose nitrate film
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Black-and-white negatives
Production date:
1928-1929
Accession date:
August 8, 1985
Department:
Still and motion photography
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Black and white negative, accession number 15-32578, described as 8 x 10" Negative. Image depicting row of Nandi warriors. Hoefler's original description: "15 Brave Men and True. Nandi Warriors. Just before the first lion encounter, in which the youth standing in the back with the white shells on his head dress took the lion's charge all alone. Although his spear did not kill it outright, still he came out of the fray in good shape. The spears are called "ngotit" and the shields are "long," while the headdress is "kutua," if of lion man, and "sombe" if of ostrich feather. Photograph taken in typical Tanganyika (Tanzania) scenery near Camp Simba. This photo was taken the day before the first lion encounter, and Hoefler had been bantering with the Nandi, saying that the women in America wore big hats also. After the first spearing, they all came up to shake hands and ask if they were women or men!!

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