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Unknown Person
Cetshwayo ka Mpande (1826-1884) Sep 1879
Albumen print | 12.5 x 9.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2501205
Unknown Person
Cetshwayo ka Mpande (1826-1884) Sep 1879
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Half-length photograph of Cetshwayo ka Mpande. He is looking to the right and his chest is bare. He has an isicoco, a band of hair and grass woven onto the heads of married Zulu men.
Cetshwayo ka Mpande was the King of the Zulu Kingdom at the time of the Anglo-Zulu War (1879). The war ended the independence of the Zulu Kingdom and brought it under British control.Provenance
From the collection of Queen Victoria
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
12.5 x 9.0 cm (image)
36.0 x 26.6 cm (page dimensions)
Alternative title(s)
[Historic Title] Cetywayo
