Group of women
205 x 150 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.3.1.63
Accession Number:
1998.203.1.63
Description:
A posed group of seven women wearing textile body cloths.
It is unclear where this photograph was taken, but these women may well be slave women living in Khartoum or another large settlement.
Their description as 'African' women is meant to suggest their non-Arab ethnicity, and hence suggests that Buchta came into contact with them in a mostly Arabised settlement.
By contrast, his photographs from Equatoria are all annotated with particular group names.
Photographer:
Richard Buchta
Date of Photo:
1877 - 1879
Region:
?Khartoum
Group:
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)
PRM Source:
Unknown
Acquired:
Unknown
Other Owners:
Unknown
Class:
Clothing , Body Art
Keyword:
Textile , Body Art Skin
Primary Documentation:
In Negative - "R.
Buchta Femmes Afriquaines"
Notes on mount ms pencil - "104 African women"
Notes on mount ms pencil - "104 African women"
Recorder:
Elizabeth Edwards 6/9/95 Christopher Morton 21/6/2005 [Sudan Project]
