Tribal Portraits - Shapero Rare Books
Tribal Portraits - Shapero Rare Books
Tribal Portraits - Shapero Rare Books
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40. VINCENTI, C.<br />
Rumaliza.<br />
[c.1898]. Silver gelatin print. Good tonal range and in good<br />
condition, photographer’s blindstamp.<br />
Dimensions: 178 by 232mm. (9 by 7 inches).<br />
Mohammed bin Hassan Rumaliza (Rumaliza in<br />
Swahili meaning ‘The one who utterly finishes’)<br />
was born around 1850. He was sultan of Ujiji, a city<br />
located on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika in<br />
Tanzania and one of the main local slave markets.<br />
Although he was regarded as an Arabic-Swahili,<br />
ethnically he was Arabic. He was very well known<br />
in the 1880s and 1890s for his violent and ruthless<br />
actions in conjunction with the conquest and<br />
exploration of Central African countries, particularly<br />
his involvement in the slave and ivory trades.<br />
ref: 77689 £1,250<br />
41. VINCENTI, C.<br />
Soliman bin Nasr.<br />
[c.1898]. Silver gelatin print. Good tonal range and in good<br />
condition. Dimensions: 225 by 170mm. (9 by 6.5 inches).<br />
ref: 77694 £1,250<br />
38 <strong>Tribal</strong> <strong>Portraits</strong><br />
Bernard J <strong>Shapero</strong> <strong>Rare</strong> <strong>Books</strong>
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