Scrapbook with newspaper cuttings and photographs (Gaster Samaritan MS Add 15)

A black and white photograph shows a large gathering of men in traditional white robes and turbans in an outdoor encampment. Numerous white conical tents are visible in the background. In the center of the crowd, several men appear to be carrying or processing animal carcasses. The scene depicts a communal ritual or preparation of food.

Stereograph copyright by Underwood & Underwood, London and New York, 1905

The carcasses of the lambs are then examined, and if pronounced faulty are rejected and consumed in a separate fire. If passed as without blemish their fleeces are stripped off and their entrails extracted.