| A superb Cabinet Photograph by noted Natal photographer William Laws Caney shows what seems to be a seated white member of unidentified constabulary unit possibly an officer or NCO of the Zulu Police with an armed member of the Nongqai or Zulu Police. The Zulu constable is armed with both a Knobkerry (Zulu war club) and a broad bladed stabbing assigai. Interestingly the white officer's walking out or swagger stick is in the shape of a miniature version of the full sized knobkerry carried by the Zulu constable. Cabinet Photograph William Laws Caney - Photographer West Street, D'Urban, Natal, South Africa c. 1890 |
