Sujet

Drawing blood from an ox

Légende

Kenya, Three Kikuyu men restrain an ox with a tourniquet around its neck, whilst a fourth collects blood from the animal's jugular vein after piercing it with an arrow. Original manuscript caption: Drawing blood from jugular vein of an ox, S. Nyeri, 1936. (Kikuyu) The blood is mixed with milk & cow's urine to make a nourishing meal - a custom borrowed by the Kikuyu from the Masai, 1937. 1995/076/1/2/5/12.

Date

01 févr. 1937

Crédit

Photo12/Bristol Archives/UIG

Notre référence

UMG20A07_088

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

47,7Mo (3,1Mo) / 40,0cm x 29,9cm / 4725 x 3530 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Kenya Three Kikuyu men restrain an ox with a tourniquet around its neck whilst a fourth collects blood from the animal's jugular vein after piercing it with an arrow Original manuscript caption: Drawing blood from jugular vein of an ox S Nyeri 1936 (Kikuyu) The blood is mixed with milk & cow's urine to make a nourishing meal - a custom borrowed by the Kikuyu from the Masai 1937