Shilluk material culture
134 x 90 mm | Print albumen paper
MountDimension:
240 x 310 mm
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
B.3.1.12a
Previous Other Number:
29 171
Accession Number:
1998.203.1.12.1
Description:
An assemblage of Shilluk material culture displayed on a table and against a wall, including fringed head ornament, metal arm ornaments, pipe, pottery vessel, spear, club, leopard and cow skins.
The Shilluk man and woman shown in other Buchta portraits can be seen wearing a number of these objects, suggesting that they were asked to hold or wear them as props.
Photographer:
Richard Buchta
Date of Photo:
1877 - 1879
Region:
[Southern Sudan]
Group:
Shilluk
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:
Weapon , Tool , Domestic Object , Vessel
Keyword:
Spear , Club , Pipe , Ornament Arm , Ornament Head , Ornament Neck
Primary Documentation:
Notes on mount ms pencil - "29 Weapons and utensils of the Schilluck tribe"
Notes on mount reverse ms pencil - "171"
Notes on mount reverse ms pencil - "171"
Recorder:
Elizabeth Edwards 5/9/95 Chris Morton 14/6/2005 [Sudan Project]
