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]