Portrait of a Bari Chief

Portrait of a Bari Chief
134 x 92 mm | Print albumen paper
MountDimension:
240 x 310 mm
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
B.3.1.15a
Previous Other Number:
34 173


Accession Number:
1998.203.1.15.1
Description:
A full length portrait of the Bari chief of Gondokoro named as Loron, standing in a fenced courtyard. It seems likely that this image was taken shortly before October 1878 when Buchta reached Lado (Juba) on board S.S. Safia.
Photographer:
Richard Buchta
Date of Photo:
1878
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel Gondokoro
Group:
Bari
NamedPerson:
Chief Loron
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:
Ornament
Keyword:
Ornament Arm
Primary Documentation:
Notes on mount ms pencil - "34 Loron, Chief of Gondokoro"
Notes on mount reverse ms pencil - "173"
Recorder:
Elizabeth Edwards 5/9/95 Chris Morton 14/6/2005 [Sudan Project]
 
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