Portrait of a Madi youth

82 x 82 mm | Lantern slide glass

MountDimension:

82 x 82 mm

Date of Print:

Unknown

Same Image As:

1967.26.32

Previous Other Number:

V.b.24; 311

Accession Number:

1967.26.42

Description:

A head-and-shoulders portrait of a Madi youth with an identification number (311) hanging on a cord around his neck and resting on his shoulder. These numbers were used by the Seligman's for identifying and cataloguing the numerous physical anthropology images they took. The image was possibly taken at Bor, since they mention that they used a Madi informant there who was connected with the mission run by Archdeacon Shaw.

Photographer:

Charles Gabriel Seligman

Date of Photo:

1910 March

Region:

[Southern Sudan] ?Jonglei Bor

Group:

Madi

Publication History:

Contemporary Publication - Reproduced as Plate M(i) in C.G. Seligman's article 'A Pseudo-Mongolian Type in Negro Africa', Man , Vol. 24 (Dec., 1924) p.177. [CM 30/11/2007]
Contemporary Publication - Reproduced (cropped) as Plate IIa (facing page 20) in C.G. & B. Seligman's Pagan Tribes of the Nilotic Sudan (London, Routledge 1932), with the caption "Madi...showing pseudo-Mongoloid characters" [CM 2/9/2005]

PRM Source:

London School of Economics and Political Science

Acquired:

Donated 1967

Other Owners:

C. G. Seligman slide collection

Class:

Physical Anthropology

Documentation:

Manual Catalogue in Related Documents File

Primary Documentation:

Accession Book Entry - [1967.26] THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, HOUGHTON STREET, ALDWYCH, LONDON, W.C.E. PER MR ANTHONY FORGE - SUDAN. Box containing 309 lantern slides (3 1/4” x 3 1/4”) made from photographs taken by the late Professor C. G. SELIGMAN in various parts of the SUDAN. All slides numbered and labelled. Catalogue in file (“Seligman Slide Collection”). Additional Accession Book Entry - [in pencil] 18 Parks Rd.

Manual catalogue entry (thermofax catalogue copy in folder '27-06 Seligman Slide Collection') - "V.b.24. Madi"

Note on lantern slide ms ink - "V.b.24. Sudan. Madi. CGS."

Other Information:

This seems to be a slightly enlarged version of [1967.26.32]. Suggested dates for the images are based upon a summary of the Seligman diary entries compiled by Dr Fran Larson in the related documents file. [Chris Morton 4/10/2004]

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [4/10/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]