Where is this pic from?

[Testo 21]

What century did this guy live and is he Somali origin?

 

[Garaad diinle]

That's a north african standing with a barbary lion or an atlas lion. I believe the picture was taken in 1922.

More images.

 

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

According to another unverified source: A Lion, Gafsa, Tunisia between 1860-1896