Group of Moro women
200 x 145 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.3.1.61
Previous Other Number:
101
Accession Number:
1998.203.1.61
Description:
A group of five Moro women seated closely together on the ground in a homestead courtyard, wearing lip, ear, neck and waist ornaments.
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:
Moro
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:
Ornament
Keyword:
Ornament Ear , Ornament Lip , Ornament Neck
Primary Documentation:
In Negative - "Negresses de la tribu Morou R.
Buchta"
Notes on mount ms pencil - "101 Moru women"
Notes on mount ms pencil - "101 Moru women"
Recorder:
Elizabeth Edwards 6/9/95 Christopher Morton 21/6/2005 [Sudan Project]
