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Kikuyu woman eating maize porridge, 1936/37 (b/w photo) [1995/076/1/2/5/9]

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BRV3509775
Image title
Kikuyu woman eating maize porridge, 1936/37 (b/w photo) [1995/076/1/2/5/9]
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Location
British Empire and Commonwealth Collection, Bristol Archives, UK
Medium
black and white photograph
Date
1936 AD - 1937 AD (C20th AD)
Image description

A Kikuyu woman sits on the ground eating a meal of maize porridge from a hollowed-out gourd. Her head is shaven, indicating her status as a married woman, and she wears masses of hooped earrings. Original manuscript caption: A young married woman enjoying a meal of maize porridge, the staple diet. When a girl marries, she shaves her head all over. S. Nyeri 1936.

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© Bristol Archives / Huxley Collection / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
1930s / 20th century / earring / jewel / meal / 30s / thirties / women / huxley collection / shaved head / east africa / colony / british commonwealth / british empire / ethnographic / anthropological / colonialism / e meal / social history / gourds / ethnography / photography / portrait / woman / anthropology / colonial / married / east african / portraits / gourd / earrings / maize / kenyan / porridg / kenya / kikuyu / Photograph / Photography / Mzphoto

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