Portrait of a Zande witchdoctor
185 x 140 mm | Print albumen paper
MountDimension:
240 x 310 mm
Condition:
Poor, overall fading, dirt ingrained. Fragile mount corners. [E. E. 9/95]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
B.3.1.54
Previous Other Number:
90
Accession Number:
1998.203.1.54
Description:
A full length portrait of a Zande binza or witchdoctor standing beside a hut, wearing rattles, skins, medicines and other attire of the corporation.
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:
Zande
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:
Clothing Ritual , Religion , Ritual Object , Clothing Headgear
Primary Documentation:
In Negative - "Un Binsa, Sorcier Niam-niam R.
Buchta"
Notes on mount ms pencil - "90 Sorcerer of Niam-Niam"
Notes on mount ms pencil - "90 Sorcerer of Niam-Niam"
Recorder:
Elizabeth Edwards 6/9/95 Christopher Morton 20/6/2005 [Sudan Project]
