Biographical/Historical: This print, along with *MGZFX Anon Afr 2, was an illustration to Sir Samuel White Baker's book The Albert N'yanza: Great Basin of the Nile, and explorations of the Nile sources, first published in London by Macmillan in 1866, with numerous subsequent editions. It depicts events witnessed by Baker, a British explorer, during the course of an expedition to Albert Nyanza (Lake Albert, located between present-day Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 1862-1865. Both images were included in the exhibition To the Mountains of the Moon: mapping African exploration, 1541-1880, presented at the Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Library, Princeton University, in 2007.

Physical Description

Engravings
Extent: 1 print : engraving, black & white ; 14 x 22 cm.

Abstract

Depiction of a group dance performed in outdoor setting. In the Latooka funeral dance, men in plumed helmets and animal skins, bearing spears, dance to the accompaniment of a drummer. Women dance in the middle distance, with the huts of a village visible beyond them.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19759750
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 525935f0-5653-013c-2748-0242ac110005

Rights

The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Type Of Resource

Still Image
Text

Date Issued

1866

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The Latooka funeral dance" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1866. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/525935f0-5653-013c-2748-0242ac110005

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1866). The Latooka funeral dance Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/525935f0-5653-013c-2748-0242ac110005

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The Latooka funeral dance" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/525935f0-5653-013c-2748-0242ac110005

Wikipedia citation

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