Zande men with shields, harp
190 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.3.1.51
Previous Other Number:
87 155
Accession Number:
1998.203.1.51
Description:
A posed group of five Zande men, three standing and two seated, one on a carved stool playing a harp, the other on a shield.
The standing men are all carrying a spear and shield, two wearing grass-woven hats and one wearing a monkey skin in front of his barkcloth.
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 Skin , Weapon , Music , Toilet , Barkcloth
Keyword:
Spear , Shield , Musical Instrument String , Hair
Primary Documentation:
In Negative - "Negres de la tribu Niam-niam"
Notes on mount ms pencil - "87 Niam-Niam negroes"
Notes on mount reverse ms pencil - "155"
Notes on mount ms pencil - "87 Niam-Niam negroes"
Notes on mount reverse ms pencil - "155"
Recorder:
Elizabeth Edwards 6/9/95 Christopher Morton 14/6/2005 [Sudan Project]
