Portrait of an Acholi chief
135 x 90 mm | Print albumen paper
MountDimension:
240 x 315 mm
Condition:
Poor, overall fading dirt ingrained in mount fragile corners. [EE 5/9/1995]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
B.3.1.27.a
Previous Other Number:
55 186
Accession Number:
1998.203.1.27.1
Description:
A vignette upper body profile portrait of an Acholi chief, identified as Aguen, wearing a patterned shirt with a disk hair ornament.
The image seems to have been taken sometime in January 1879 when Buchta travelled through Acholi country en route to Bunyoro.
Photographer:
Richard Buchta
Date of Photo:
1879 January
Region:
Northern
Group:
Acholi
NamedPerson:
Chief Aguen
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.
115, he notes that '...on 7th January 1879 he [Emin Pasha] records that, resting under a large tamarind tree...
he came upon Herr Buchta with his baggage on his way to Fatiko.
To this period may be reasonably attributed the photographs of Acholi types which appear in the latter's album and elsewhere.' [CM 16/6/2005]
PRM Source:
Unknown
Acquired:
Unknown
Other Owners:
Unknown
Class:
Clothing , Ornament
Keyword:
Ornament Hair
Primary Documentation:
Notes on mount ms pencil - "55 Aguen, Schuli chief"
Notes on mount reverse ms pencil - "186"
Notes on mount reverse ms pencil - "186"
Recorder:
Elizabeth Edwards 5/9/95 Christopher Morton 14/6/2005 [Sudan Project]
