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Zangaki Brothers 
A crocodile hunt 
1870s (ca) 
  
Albumen print 
8.4 in x 10.9 in (215 mm x 276 mm) 
  
Paul Frecker 
 
LL/12882 
  
Shows a European on a crocodile hunt, which five African helpers. The crocodile was occasionally used in early photography as a metaphor for the dangers that lurked in the "Dark Continent."
 
Signed, numbered and titled in the negative: No. 601- Master Lolo a la chasse du crocodile [Master Lolo on a crocodile hunt.] 
 

 
  
 
  
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