Bari man

Bari man
134 x 90 mm | Print albumen paper
MountDimension:
240 x 310 mm
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
B.3.1.16b
Previous Other Number:
35 174


Accession Number:
1998.203.1.16.2
Description:
An upper body profile vignette portrait of a Bari man wearing a feather headdress and neck ornament, with cicatrice design on his shoulders, probably taken at Gondokoro. 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
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 Headgear , Body Art
Keyword:
Headdress , Body Art Skin
Primary Documentation:
Notes on mount ms pencil - "35 Bari negro"
Notes on mount reverse ms pencil - "174"
Recorder:
Jocelyne Dudding 22/1/2004 Chris Morton 14/6/2005 [Sudan Project]
 
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