Sudanese throwing knives

Sudanese throwing knives
82 x 82 mm | Lantern slide glass
MountDimension:
82 x 82 mm
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous Other Number:
V.g.48


Accession Number:
1967.26.251
Description:
An composite of seven images of different throwing knives from different groups in Sudan, including 'Basongo Meno', 'Bankuto', 'Shari', 'Fang' and Azande.
Photographer:
Charles Gabriel Seligman
Date of Photo:
?1920s
PRM Source:
London School of Economics and Political Science
Acquired:
Donated 1967
Other Owners:
C. G. Seligman slide collection
Class:
Weapon
Keyword:
Knife
Documentation:
Manual Catalogue in Related Documents File
Primary Documentation:
Accession Book Entry - [1967.26] THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, HOUGHTON STREET, ALDWYCH, LONDON, W.C.E. PER MR ANTHONY FORGE - SUDAN. Box containing 309 lantern slides (3 1/4” x 3 1/4”) made from photographs taken by the late Professor C. G. SELIGMAN in various parts of the SUDAN. All slides numbered and labelled. Catalogue in file (“Seligman Slide Collection”). Additional Accession Book Entry - [in pencil] 18 Parks Rd.

Manual catalogue entry (thermofax catalogue copy in folder '27-06 Seligman Slide Collection') - "V.g.48. Various styles of throwing knife."

Note on lantern slide ms ink - "V.g.48. Various styles of throwing knife. 1. Basongo Meno & Bankutu. 2,3,4. Shari. 5. Fang, 6 Azande, 7. S. Sudan"

Recorder:
Christopher Morton [21/10/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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