Picture No | 12018069 |
Date | 1922 |
Description | Kikuyu couple in the forest, Kenya, East Africa |
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Kikuyu couple in the forest, Kenya (then a British colony), East Africa -- the plume on the end of the warrior's spear shows his peaceful intentions, and the fact that the young woman is holding the spear indicates that she has agreed to marry him.
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Source | Photograph in Peoples of All Nations, edited by J A Hammerton, Harmsworth, No.7, June 1922 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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