
Image Number:
APN146910
APN146910
Description: Amos Shembe shows the cairn of stones made by pilgrims. Each stone represents one completed pilgrimage by one person. Stones are placed on this cairn on the last day of the convention together with grass head- ring, (as held by Amos Shembe). Province or State: KwaZulu-Natal Country: South Africa Date Created: 1940 Creator: ILAM Archive Credit Notice: International Library of African Music / Rhodes University / african.pictures Pixel Dimensions X: 4240 Pixel Dimensions Y: 4253 Keywords:- Amos Shembe
- Amos Kula Shembe
- Shembe leader
- white robes
- robes
- Shembe Church
- Nazareth Baptist
- church members
- church community
- Shembe
- Shembeites
- Church
- religion
- religious
- Zulu religion
- pilgrimage
- cairn
- stones
- pilgrims
- pilgrimage
- grass head-ring
- mountains
- vistas
- scenery
- scenic
- African people
- African culture
- Zulu culture
- Zululand
- Nhlangakazi Mountain
- Ndwendwe district
- 1940s
- 1940
- Hugh Tracey
- ILAM Photographic Collection
- International Library of African Music