Raynors HCA 2018-10
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/20/2018
CDV of Henry Morton Stanley and his boy slave as ID’d on the front mount, “Stanley and Boy Kalulu”, VG. No backmark. As the carte de visite suggests, Kalulu was Stanley’s gun bearer, servant, page, and “sometimes adopted child.” Kalulu was a young slave given to Stanley by an Arab merchant while on his way to find Livingstone. Because Stanley didn’t like the boy’s name (Ndugu M’hali, meaning “my brother’s wealth”), he christened him “Kalulu,” the Swahili term for a young antelope. Kalulu quickly captured Stanley’s attention and trust as Stanley noted: “Kalulu, a boy of seven . . . understands my ways and mode of life exactly. Some weeks ago he ousted . . . the chief butler by sheer diligence and smartness.”
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