Black and white negative

Museum number:
15-32689
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Accession number:
Acc.4054
Description:
8 x 10" Negative. Nandi youth standing in a line with spears and shields, hunting. Hoefler's original description: "Near Kapsabet. Boys of the Nandi tribe go hunting. They have borrowed the shields and spears of their older brothers and are now heading for the forest in search of leopard or giant forest hogs. These youngsters fear nothing and some of them already have leopards to their credit. The gang has now collected and they are starting on the trail to the lion country which lies beyond the forest belt."
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Near Kapsabet
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
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 15-32689, described as 8 x 10" Negative. Nandi youth standing in a line with spears and shields, hunting. Hoefler's original description: "Near Kapsabet. Boys of the Nandi tribe go hunting. They have borrowed the shields and spears of their older brothers and are now heading for the forest in search of leopard or giant forest hogs. These youngsters fear nothing and some of them already have leopards to their credit. The gang has now collected and they are starting on the trail to the lion country which lies beyond the forest belt."

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