cover image: Kikuyu women and children, Kikuyu, Kenya, ca.1901

Kikuyu women and children, Kikuyu, Kenya, ca.1901

"Kikuyu women." Group portrait of four women, a child and a baby, in traditional dress, near the Church of Scotland mission at Kikuyu. This image is from a collection of photographs which possibly belonged to Dr Karl Uffman. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, joined the Kikuyu mission, from 1901 to 1905, and was the son of Dr Henry Uffman who ran the Leprosy Asylum in Purulia, West Bengal.
indigenous peoples clothing & dress children (people by age group)

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Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-79785
Date published
circa 1901
Dates
circa 1901
Pages
Photographic prints, 9.9 x 7.8 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Central Province Kenya Kikuyu
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Kenya
Reference
impa-a-nls-75658044-1.tif
Rights
For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk National Library of Scotland National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW, Scotland, UK The National Library of Scotland license the use of this content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License. manuscripts@nls.uk
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/6cb70293e96d8f31a365413d3fe33ed9

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