PAUL TOULMIN-ROTHE

LAMU KENYA These gold ear-plugs are typical of the best kind of work done by the goldsmiths of Pate. The design is traditional, and this kind of ear-plug is still being worn.[Stamped Camerapix, Nairobi]

CITY OF SHANGA 1980 Mark Horton, Cambridge archaeologist attached to Operation Drake, points out the intricate carving on a spandrel found in the collapsed Quiblah of the Friday Mosque of the lost city of Shanga.[Stamped Camerapix, Nairobi]

CITY OF SHANGA 1980 View from the old well on the walls of the Friday Mosque of the lost city of Shanga with National Museums of Kenya fundi (worker) under the archway of its one remaining wall. Mark Horton, archaeologist, says the Mosque is an outstanding Islamic architectural discovery.[Stamped Camerapix, Nairobi]

LAMU 1971 THE MINBAR OR PULPIT IN SIYU MOSQUE COMES FROM THE OLD RUINED MOSQUE, AND DATES FROM THE EARLY SIXTEENTH CENTURY BY FAR THE OLDEST KNOWN MINBER ON THE EAST AFRICAN COAST.[Stamped Camerapix, Nairobi]

LAMU 1971 Shela, Lamu island: Wall of a ruined mansion showing remains of carved plaster decoration unique to Lamu Archipelago.[Stamped Camerapix, Nairobi]

CITY OF SHANGA 1980 AERIAL VIEW of the symmetrical mosaic of ruins of the lost city of Shanga on Pate Island.[Stamped Camerapix, Nairobi]

CITY OF SHANGA 1980 Elegant niches in stone ruins of lost city of Shanga portray the time in the city's six hundred year history when it was at its most prosperous[Stamped Camerapix, Nairobi]

CITY OF SHANGA 1980 Niche in the wall of an old stone ruin in the lost city of Shanga on Pate Island off the far north coast of Kenya now being uncovered by members of Operation Drake and the National Museums of Kenya.[Stamped Camerapix, Nairobi]

CITY OF SHANGA 1980 Ornate lines carved on rock in the collapsed quiblah of the Friday Mosque of the lost city of Shanga.[Stamped Camerapix, Nairobi]

CITY OF SHANGA 1980) Stripped to the waist Cambridge archaeologist 24-year-old Mark Horton excavates down to the lowest level of the lost city of Shanga.[Stamped Camerapix, Nairobi]

CITY OF SHANGA 1980 Members of the Operation Drake expedition sort out priceless pottery shards and other relics found in the lost city of Shanga at the expedition's base camp in the sand dunes of Pate Island. )[Stamped Camerapix, Nairobi]

CITY OF SHANGA 1980 Members of the Operation Drake expedition sort out priceless pottery shards and other relics found in the lost city of Shanga at the expedition's base camp in the sand dunes of Pate Island.[Stamped Camerapix, Nairobi]

TURKANA DROUGHT 14/3/1966

1970 Dancers - Turkana[Stamped Camerapix, Nairobi]

JAN 1974 A Rendille girl - her necklaces proclaiming her unmarried state - learns some of the mysteries of needlework.[Stamped Camerapix, Nairobi]

LAMU KENYA 1972 Paté Woman wearing US dollar dated 1852 in her nose[Stamped Camerapix, Nairobi]

LAMU 1982 DHOWS LAMU, KENYA Dhows, moored on the shore in Lamu. Dhows are built in Lamu and have been used there for centuries. Picture by DUNCAN WILLETTS.[Stamped Camerapix, Nairobi]

LAMU 1982 MANGROVES LAMU, KENYA Some mangrove poles just lowered from the quay, where old stacks have accumulated for years, ready to be loaded on a dhow. PICTURE BY DUNCAN VILLETTS.[Stamped Camerapix, Nairobi]

LAMU SWAHILI POET 1982 NABHANY KENYA Ahmed Sheikh Nabhany, wearing a kanzu (white robe), kofia (cap), and leather sandals, seated on the verendah of one of the family houses in Lamu. PICTURE BY DUNCAN WILLETTS[Stamped Camerapix, Nairobi]