Moro man

82 x 82 mm | Lantern slide glass

MountDimension:

82 x 82 mm

Condition:

horizontal crack near top [Chris Morton 18/10/2004]

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous Other Number:

V.h.38

Accession Number:

1967.26.301

Description:

A head-and-shoulders full face portrait of a Moro man, the number 258 hanging in the background. He was probably encountered by the Seligmans at a mission or other settlement on the Nile, since they did not visit Moro country in Amadi district.

Photographer:

?Charles Gabriel Seligman

Date of Photo:

?1922

Region:

[Southern Sudan]

Group:

Moro

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.h.38. Moro"

Note on lantern slide ms ink - "V.h.38. Moro. CGS."

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [25/10/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]