Portrait of a Shilluk girl

Portrait of a Shilluk girl
134 x 90 mm | Print albumen paper
MountDimension:
240 x 310 mm
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
B.3.1.11a
Previous Other Number:
28 170


Accession Number:
1998.203.1.11.1
Description:
An upper body profile vignetted portrait of a Shilluk girl wearing an animal skin and neck ornament. It is possible to just make out a number of dotted cictrices on her left arm.
Photographer:
Richard Buchta
Date of Photo:
1877 - 1879
Region:
[Southern Sudan]
Group:
Shilluk
Publication History:
Contemporary Publication - Richard Buchta, Die Oberen Nil-Länder: Volkstypen und Landschaften . Dargestellt in 160 Photographien, nach der Natur aufgenommen von Richard Buchta. (Berlin 1881. Verlag Von J. F. Stiehm)
PRM Source:
Unknown
Acquired:
Unknown
Other Owners:
Unknown
Class:
Clothing Skin , Body Art
Keyword:
Body Art Skin
Primary Documentation:
Notes on mount ms pencil - "28 Schilluck girl"
Notes on mount reverse ms pencil - "170"
Recorder:
Elizabeth Edwards 5/9/95 Chris Morton 14/6/2005 [Sudan Project]
 
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