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LL/91229
Unidentified photographer
1879 (ca)
Zulu witch finder

Albumen print
9.1 x 5.5 cm (image)
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2501127
 
Photograph of a Zulu woman known as a 'witch finder'. She is standing facing the camera holding a stick in her left hand. She is wearing a patterned tunic and a feather headdress. Parts of her face and arms are painted white. There is a painted backdrop of a forest behind. Witch finders were members of the Zulu community who sought out those who had committed crimes. This photograph was taken during the Anglo-Zulu War (1879), which ended the independence of the Zulu Kingdom and brought it under British control.
 
LL/91229


 

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