Portrait of a Shilluk man
123 x 83 mm | Photomechanical hand coloured
MountDimension:
252 x 194 mm album page
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
AL.53.6
Previous Other Number:
493
Accession Number:
1998.88.6
Description:
A hand-coloured postcard portrait of a Shilluk man wearing neck ornaments, body cloth tied at the shoulder and sculpted hair.
Across his lap he is holding a side-blown instrument made from a large curving antelope horn.
Photographer:
G. N. Morhig
Date of Photo:
1910 circa
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile
Group:
Shilluk
PRM Source:
?G. R. Carline
Acquired:
Unknown
Other Owners:
?G. R. Carline
Class:
Ornament , Music , Clothing , Toilet
Keyword:
Ornament Neck , Musical Instrument Wind , Ornament Head , Hair
Primary Documentation:
Notes on postcard - "C.-493 Copyright.
G.N.
Morhig Khartoum.
Types of Upper Nile"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 9/8/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
