- Title
- Kreli, Xhosa chief
- Subject
- Sarhili (Kreli), Xhosa Chief, ca. 1814-1892 -- Photographs
- Subject
- Xhosa (African people) -- Kings and rulers -- Photographs
- Subject
- Gcaleka (African people) -- History -- Photographs
- Type
- Image
- Identifier
- vital:14148
- Identifier
- This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
- Identifier
- MS 10 542
- Identifier
- CD 55
- Description
- Originally titled "Chief Kreli, son of Hintza. Paramount Chief of all Xhosas". Chief Kreli, also known as King Sarili ka Hintsa, was the 5th chief of the Gcaleka sub-group of the Xhosa people of South Africa, as well as bieng the paramount chief of the Xhosa people. Chief Kreli wsa the oldest son of King Hintsa and Hintsa's first wife, Nomsa kaGambushe.
- Format
- jpg
- Format
- Original Glass slide (4 cm x 6 cm) held at Cory Library, Rhodes University
- Contributor
- George Edward Cory, Sir (1862-1935)
- Contributor
- Greaves, Duncan (photographer)
- Publisher
- Rhodes University
- Relation
- Sir George Cory's Glass Lantern Slide Collection
- Rights
- Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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