Portrait of a Bari girl

Portrait of a Bari girl
134 x 90 mm | Print albumen paper
MountDimension:
240 x 310 mm
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
B.3.1.20a
Previous Other Number:
39 178


Accession Number:
1998.203.1.20.1
Description:
A full length oblique rear view portrait of a Bari girl standing in a homestead wearing an apron of metal chain links at the front, with a 'tail' of strings behind. She is also wearing a number of neck ornaments as well as metal wrist and ankle rings. 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 Accessory , Ornament
Keyword:
Ornament Arm , Ornament Neck , Ornament Leg
Primary Documentation:
Notes on mount ms pencil - "39 Bari girl"
Notes on mount reverse ms pencil - "178"
Recorder:
Elizabeth Edwards 5/9/95 Christopher Morton 14/6/2005 [Sudan Project]
 
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