[Bare-breasted native woman with circular ornaments on arm forming a peculiar upper arm, Kenya] – Antique Print
![[Bare-breasted native woman with circular ornaments on arm forming a peculiar upper arm, Kenya], [between 1940 and 1948] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/89/89e8f89c2d7d-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: [Bare-breasted native woman with circular ornaments on arm forming a peculiar upper arm, Kenya], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Bare-breasted native woman with circular ornaments on arm forming a peculiar upper arm, Kenya]
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Circular ornaments stacked on the upper arm are the most distinctive detail here, and the original caption builds its title around them. The print comes from the Kenya Information Office, a government publicity body that operated while Kenya was a British colony, so it reflects how colonial officials chose to present African people to outside audiences in the 1940s. The record dates the image only to between 1940 and 1948 and flags its caption data as unverified, so the exact location and sitter remain unknown. The wording of the title should be read with that colonial origin in mind.
| Created / published | [between 1940 and 1948] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint by Kenya Information Office. This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,098 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-159880 |
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