Embu Playing the Game of Uthi
Photograph
ca. early 20th century (photographed)
ca. early 20th century (photographed)
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An unmounted sepia-coloured photograph of a two figures kneeling in the grass playing a game with a board of wooden compartments.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | bromide print |
| Brief description | Photograph by Major Granville St. John Orde-Browne, 'Embu Playing the Game of Uthi', bromide print, 1909-16 |
| Physical description | An unmounted sepia-coloured photograph of a two figures kneeling in the grass playing a game with a board of wooden compartments. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Game / Mbau or Uthi / "Miscellaneous"; various editorial marks (pencil, verso, paper) |
| Credit line | The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund |
| Object history | Acquired from the Seeley, Service & Co., publishers of Orde-Browne's 1925 volume on the tribes of Kenya. This photograph plate facing page 168 in the book. |
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| Accession number | RPS.123-2023 |
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| Record created | February 2, 2023 |
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