Moro woman

Moro woman
135 x 90 mm | Print albumen paper
MountDimension:
240 x 310 mm
Condition:
Poor, overall fading dirt ingrained in mount fragile corners
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
B.3.1.62b
Previous Other Number:
102 180


Accession Number:
1998.203.1.62.2
Description:
An upper body full face portrait of a Moro woman wearing strings of beads around the neck. Buchta made an excursion to the groups west of the Nile in 1879 setting out from Juba on 7th July and returning there on 26th August.
Photographer:
Richard Buchta
Date of Photo:
1879 July - August
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel Odio?
Group:
Moro
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)
Notes:
In H. B. Thomas' article 'Richard Buchta and Early Photography in Uganda' Uganda Journal Vol. 25, no. 1, 1960, p. 116, he notes that 'Buchta seems to have remained at Lado until on 7 July he set off for Makaraka whence he returned on 26 August. The fruits of this journey appear in a number of photographs in his album.' [CM 16/6/2005]
PRM Source:
Unknown
Acquired:
Unknown
Other Owners:
Unknown
Class:
Ornament
Keyword:
Ornament Neck
Primary Documentation:
Notes on mount ms pencil - "102 Moru woman"
Notes on mount reverse ms pencil - "180"
Recorder:
Elizabeth Edwards 6/9/95 Christopher Morton 21/6/2005 [Sudan Project]
 
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