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From German East Africa: Suahili dancers dancing at Sikuku - moslem New Year's festival (Aus Deutsch-Ostafrika: Suahelitänzer am Sikuku - mohammedanische Neujahrsfeier)

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ARTIST: C. Weidmann (drawing)

TITLE OF WORK: From German East Africa: Suahili dancers dancing at Sikuku - moslem New Year's festival (Aus Deutsch-Ostafrika: Suahelitänzer am Sikuku - mohammedanische Neujahrsfeier)

TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut

DATE: 1891

DIMENSIONS: 16.7 x 23.2 cm

COMMENTS: 300 warriors brought from the Portuguese colony Moxambique to German East Africa to serve as guards. The belong to the Wandingo or Wangoni tribe

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: East Africa, Zanzibar

DANCE FORM: traditional

KEYWORDS: military, drum

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