Black and white negative

Museum number:
15-32298
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Alternate number:
99 (previous number, Negative number?) and KEN-51 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4054 and Acc.4115
Description:
4" x 5" Negative. A N'jemps Kidogo bowman poses for the camera, bending down on one knee and drawing his bow, an arrow notched. Hoefler's original description: "A N'jemps Kidogo bowman. While this war-like tribe depends, in the most part, on their spears, both for attack and defense, still they are experts also with the bow and arrows, and use them a good deal in securing animal food. Note the peculiar way in which this man is wearing his hair. It is braided into long strings with the assistance of mutton tallow. Most of the war-like tribes in East Africa sport this kind of headdress. These wild men are expert marksmen with this ancient weapon.
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
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 15-32298, described as 4" x 5" Negative. A N'jemps Kidogo bowman poses for the camera, bending down on one knee and drawing his bow, an arrow notched. Hoefler's original description: "A N'jemps Kidogo bowman. While this war-like tribe depends, in the most part, on their spears, both for attack and defense, still they are experts also with the bow and arrows, and use them a good deal in securing animal food. Note the peculiar way in which this man is wearing his hair. It is braided into long strings with the assistance of mutton tallow. Most of the war-like tribes in East Africa sport this kind of headdress. These wild men are expert marksmen with this ancient weapon.

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