Prints of expedition on the Loita Plains, British East Africa, including camps, Africans, vegetation and expedition activities

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Contained In: Edmund Heller Papers, circa 1898-1918

Series: SIA RU007179

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1911-1912

Notes

The 36 black-and-white photographs document Edmund Heller's collecting in Africa during the Rainey African Expedition, 1911-1912. Includes images of expedition camps, Africans, vegetation, expedition activities including groups collecting specimens, carrying lion specimens to camp, participants, portrait of expedition hired local inhabitants including gunbearers, Ndi brush burning, Ndi forest and planting scene, and African huts. Some images have detailed descriptions on the reverse sides. No negatives unless otherwise marked on print. Locations include Taita, Guaso Nyiro River [Ewaso Ng’iro], Lololoki and Loita Plains, British East Africa [Kenya].

Subjects

Africa , Black-and-white photographs , Field notes , Kenya , Loita Plains , Ng’iro, Ewaso , Rainey African Expedition, 1911-1912 , Taita

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English