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.53.9
Previous Other Number:
487
Accession Number:
1998.88.9
Description:
A hand-coloured postcard upper body portrait of a Shilluk man wearing neck ornaments, body cloth tied at the shoulder and sculpted hair, blowing a side-blown instrument made from a large curving antelope horn with gourd end piece.
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 , Hair
Primary Documentation:
Notes on postcard - "C.-487 Copyright.
G.N.
Morhig Khartoum.
Shilluk Bugle-Horn Man, Upper Nile"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 9/8/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
