Madi women
134 x 90 mm | Print albumen paper
MountDimension:
240 x 310 mm
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
B.3.1.23b
Accession Number:
1998.203.1.23.2
Description:
A full length portrait of two Madi women holding hands wearing a 'tail' of strings (one with some leaves), as well as neck, arm and leg ornaments.
They are holding small baskets in one hand.
The image was taken sometime between December 1878 and March 1879 when Buchta was passing through Madi country en route to Bunyoro.
Photographer:
Richard Buchta
Date of Photo:
December 1878 - March 1879
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel
Group:
Madi
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:
Ornament , Basketry
Primary Documentation:
Notes on mount ms pencil - "49 Madi women"
Notes on mount reverse ms pencil - "183"
Notes on mount reverse ms pencil - "183"
Recorder:
Elizabeth Edwards 5/9/95 Christopher Morton 14/6/2005 [Sudan Project]
