African Individuals with Baskets and Man
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PrintPictured are two Africans, each with baskets on his/her head. An unidentified man is walking beside them. This image was taken near Kisumu, British East Africa. This image is part of a collection taken during the Paul J. Rainey Expedition to British East Africa. Following the conclusion of the Smithsonian-Roosevelt Expedition, Rainey asked Edmund Heller, a Smithsonian naturalist, to assist on an expedition to British East Africa. Important localities visited included the Mombasa region, the Loiti Plains, Nairobi and vicinity, Fort Hall, Mount Kenia and vicinity, Mount Uaragess and vicinity and the Kavirando Bay region of Lake Victoria. Heller also made a trip independent of the expedition to Mount Lololokwi.
Rainey African Expedition (1911-1912)
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7179, Box 5, SIA_007179_B05_F18_I03
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
1911
Scientific expeditions
Africa, East
Black-and-white photographs
SIA RU007179 [SIA_007179_B05_F18_I03]
Gelatin silver prints