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Masai Collection

Background imageMasai Collection: Kenya - Masai man with extended earlobe

Kenya - Masai man with extended earlobe ornament (weighed to increase the distension of the skin). Date: circa 1910s

Background imageMasai Collection: A quite superb photographic postcard of a group of Masai Women from Kenya, East Africa

A quite superb photographic postcard of a group of Masai Women from Kenya, East Africa. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageMasai Collection: Masai, Kenya, silhouette

Masai, Kenya, silhouette
Kenya, Masai warriors in genuine traditional clothes. One carries a spear with the tip protected by a feathered su-su. The other carries a rifle. Silhouette

Background imageMasai Collection: Maasai Warrior, Africa, Victorian period

Maasai Warrior, Africa, Victorian period

Background imageMasai Collection: Maasai dance, Africa, early 1900s

Maasai dance, Africa, early 1900s

Background imageMasai Collection: A Chaga Forge of the Maasai

A Chaga Forge of the Maasai
A man of the Maasai Wa-Chaga tribe sits over a forge. The Masai are a semi-nomadic ethnic group who inhabit Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania.The Wa-Chaga live at the foot of Mount Kilamanjaro

Background imageMasai Collection: A Maasai Warrior

A Maasai Warrior with traditional dress and weapons. The Masai are a semi-nomadic ethnic group who inhabit Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania

Background imageMasai Collection: 1940s East Africa Kenya Msai tribe warriors

1940s East Africa Kenya Msai tribe warriors Photograph by a British army recruitment officer stationed in East Africa and the Middle East during World War II

Background imageMasai Collection: Masai women of East Africa looking in a mirror

Masai women of East Africa looking in a mirror
Masai (Msai) women of Southern Kenya or Northern Tanzania (then part of the British Empire), East Africa. Seen here admiring their own reflections in a mirror. Date: 1922

Background imageMasai Collection: Masai, Kenya

Masai, Kenya
Kenya, Masai warriors in genuine traditional clothes and carrying spears with tips protected by feathered su-sus Date: 1987

Background imageMasai Collection: Racial / E Africa / Kenya

Racial / E Africa / Kenya
A Masai woman of Kenya (then the British East African Protectorate) - weighed down with massive ornaments on her neck, arms, ears and head Date: 1908

Background imageMasai Collection: Masai young women adjusting iron wire

Masai young women adjusting iron wire
Three young Masai women sitting on the floor, while one of them gets her ornamental coil rings adjusted on her leg

Background imageMasai Collection: Profile portrait of a beautiful Masai woman - Kenya

Profile portrait of a beautiful Masai woman - Kenya
A stunning profile portrait of a beautiful Masai woman - Kenya. Note the elongated earlobe piercing and remarkably decorative hair braiding. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageMasai Collection: Racial / African Types 19C

Racial / African Types 19C
Various African types, including Ashanti, Loango, Cameroon, Bantu, Somali, Abyssinian, Madagascan, Zulu, Masai, Waganda, Bush couple, Namaqua, Nyam-Nyam, Dinka


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