Photos from With the Armies of Menelik II by Bulatovich
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Images from
Ethiopia, 1898
Photos from the original, 1900, edition of With
the Armies of Menelik II by Alexander Bulatovich, taken by the
author and Lieutenant Davydov.
Full-page plates
Other Illustrations
- Saber
that belonged to the grandfather of Menelik II, Negus
Sakhle-Selassie
- Travel
cup made of buffalo horn
- Wolda Tadika
- Gift of
Dajazmatch Gebra Egziabeer, saber with gold hilt
- Buffalo horn
- Galla
bracelet made of elephant bone
- Abyssinian
spear, 7 feet 5 inches
- Horn of a
chamois, 5 feet 4 inches
- Earring
of a Galla from Jimma
- Basket
for coffee service
- Decanter for
mead, belonging to the King of Kaffa
- Galla
dagger from Jimma
- Bracelet
made of elephant foot, worn by Kaffa aristocrats who have
killed an elephant
- Wives
of the King of Kaffa
- Gift
of the King of Kulo
- War
Cloak Made of a Lion's Pelt
- War
Cloak
- Shield
With Silver Decorations
- Head
Band Made of a Lion's Pelt. A War Distinction.
- Katamarsha
of Kaffa [chief spokesperson of the high council, which was
the highest court of law]
- Horn Cup
for Coffee
- Hungry Kaffas
- The
Governor of Chana [region of Kaffa] and a Kaffa priest
- A
Hanged Man
- Horn
Made of Elephant Tusk
- Gimiro
- Three
Princes of Gimiro Tribes
- Translator
and Female Prisoner
- Hat
Made of Monkey Skin
- Shuro Shield
- Second
Shuro Shield
- Belemusa
[woman found in the Sebelimu River, who became a guide for
the army of Wolda Giyorgis]
- Snuff-box
of the Shuro Queen
- King of the
Shuro, Komoruti-Geda
- Abyssinian
Horn for Mead
- Head
Decoration Made from the Plumage of the Bird of Paradise
- Trumpet,
Made of Elephant Bone, of the Beru tribe
- Beru
Hat
- Beru
Shield 20 inches in Diamater
- Woman's
Ear Decoration of the Kassi Tribe
- Wooden
Trumpet Covered with Lizard skin, of the Valis tribe
- No Caption
[native from near Lake Rudolph, with artificially distorted
mouth]
- Serfs
- Idenich Quiver
- Idenich
Bow and Arrow
- Beads from
Beans, Idenich Tribe
- Women's
Clothing of the Menu Tribe
- Antelope Horns
- More
Antelope Horns
- War
Hat of the Murdu Tribe
- Horn
Spoon of the Murdu Tribe
- Mashay Helmet
- Woman's
Necklace Made of Fishbones, Mamay Tribe
- Club
at
the Mouth of the Omo River
- Bench
of
Inhabitants of the mouth of the Omo River
- Vessel
for
Milk made from elephant tusk covered with leather, Mashay
tribe
- Leather Shield, 23
inches
- Mashay
Leather Shield, 2 feet 8 inches
- Ear
Decoration of Vaska
- Captive Negroes
- More
Captive Negroes
- 16th
century Psalter, 7 inches long
- Trumpet
made of Elephant Tusk (taken in the squirmish at Say
Mountain)
- Mountain-dweller
- Water Fountain
- Iron
bell and Earring for Cattle, of the inhabitants of Kastit
Mountain
- Kastit Spear
- Trophy
of a Slain Elephant
- [Alamitu]
Spouse of the Nagada-Ras
- Silver
collar for a mule, a military distinction
- Full-dress
Uniform of an Abyssinian General
- Shield
of
an Abyssinian Warrior, Decorated with Silver
Diagrams
Maps
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