Zulu in Leopard Costume

Photographer Nicolaas Henneman Dutch

summer 1853

Not on view

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Title: Zulu in Leopard Costume
Photographer: Nicolaas Henneman (Dutch, Heemskerk 1813–1898 London)
Date: summer 1853
Geography: South Africa
Culture: African; created in United Kingdom
Medium: Coated salt or light albumen print from a wet collodion on glass negative
Dimensions: H. 5 13/16 x W. 4 3/4 in. (14.8 x 12.1 cm)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Purchase, Ross Family Fund Gift, 2006
Object Number: 2006.591
Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

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