Group of Bari (Fajelu) men
135 x 90 mm | Print albumen paper
MountDimension:
240 x 310 mm
Condition:
Poor, overall fading dirt ingrained in mount fragile corners
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
B.3.1.57b
Previous Other Number:
94 215
Accession Number:
1998.203.1.57.2
Description:
A group portrait of two Bari (Fajelu) men with a woman between them in front of a hut.
The man to the left has a quiver over his shoulder, bow and spears at his feet (one a large hunting spear).
The man to the right has white feather hair decoration.
The woman is wearing strings of beads around her neck.
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:
Bari (Fajelu)
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:
I have interpreted the annotated term "Fedschilu" to be a German language approximation of the English term 'Fajelu', given to the western Bari-speaking group in Yei district.
See for instance Seligman's tribal map in
Pagan Tribes
.
[CM 20/6/2005]
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]
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:
Weapon , Ornament
Keyword:
Spear , Bow , Arrow , Ornament Neck , Ornament Hair
Primary Documentation:
Notes on mount ms pencil - "94 Fedschilu negroes"
Notes on mount reverse ms pencil - "215"
Notes on mount reverse ms pencil - "215"
Recorder:
Elizabeth Edwards 6/9/95 Christopher Morton 20/6/2005 [Sudan Project]
