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Summary

Title from caption card and item.

LOT subdivision subject: Kenya.

Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

A semi-nomadic African Nilotic tribe living in the savannahs of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. The Maasai are one of the most famous tribes in East Africa. Despite the development of modern civilisation, they have almost completely preserved their traditional way of life, although this is becoming increasingly difficult with each passing year. They speak the Maasai language.

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Date

01/01/1890
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Contributors

Carpenter, Frank G. (Frank George), 1855-1924, collector
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in collections

Maasai people

Nilotic ethnic group inhabiting northern, central and southern Kenya and northern Tanzania, near the African Great Lakes region.
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Location

Iten, Kenya ,  0.65392, 35.49738
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Source

Library of Congress
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Link

http://www.loc.gov/
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