Portrait of a Bari man
134 x 90 mm | Print albumen paper
MountDimension:
240 x 310 mm
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
B.3.1.16a
Previous Other Number:
35 174
Accession Number:
1998.203.1.16.1
Description:
An upper body full face vignette portrait of a Bari man wearing a feather headdress and neck ornament, with cicatrice design on his shoulders, probably taken at Gondokoro.
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 Headgear , Body Art
Keyword:
Headdress , Body Art Skin
Primary Documentation:
Notes on mount ms pencil - "35 Bari negro"
Notes on mount reverse ms pencil - "174"
Notes on mount reverse ms pencil - "174"
Recorder:
Elizabeth Edwards 5/9/95 Chris Morton 14/6/2005 [Sudan Project]
