A young African man holding a spear, shield, and club. Photograph, ca.1900.

Bulawayo (Willoughby's Buildings) : Ellis Allen, [approximately 1900]

1 photograph : black and white photoprint

Ready for action Pencilled on the verso: Matabele boy in war dress Publication details are stamped on the verso

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Wellcome Collection 538119i

Originally collected by British anthropologist Edwin Nichol Fallaize (1877-1957). Purchased by Capt. L.W.G. Malcolm in 1934, on behalf of Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome, for the price of £25. From a letter in the Wellcome archives dated 16th December 1934.