Portrait of a Zande woman
135 x 90 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.3.1.55a
Previous Other Number:
90 198
Accession Number:
1998.203.1.55.1
Description:
A full length portrait of a Zande woman in the entrance to a homestead, wearing coiled metal arm and ankle rings and leaf pubic covering on a string.
Set to both sides of the entrance are two shields leaning against the fence, which is made from stalks etc.
The shield to the left seems to have a throwing knife placed on top of it.
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 Accessory , Weapon , Ornament
Keyword:
Shield , Knife , Ornament Arm , Ornament Leg
Primary Documentation:
Notes on mount ms pencil - "92 Niam-Niam negress"
Notes on mount reverse ms pencil - "198"
Notes on mount reverse ms pencil - "198"
Recorder:
Elizabeth Edwards 6/9/95 Christopher Morton 20/6/2005 [Sudan Project]
