Somalis
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = TD
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Our Guide, 1870s-1930s
Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/14
Scope and Contents
Portrait of a man who was a guide in Africa for the scientists. 'Our guideÂ…was a Somali of the Herti tribe; notice the fringe to his "Tobe," which was striped yellow and white, and the broad-bladed thrusting spear"; in the early 20th century.
Dates:
1870s-1930s
Somali Warriors, Preparing for a Dance, 1870s-1930s
Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2197
Scope and Contents
Photograph of a group of Somali warriors preparing for a dance wearing long robes and turbans and carrying long spears in the early 20th century.
Dates:
1870s-1930s