Group of Bari musicians
134 x 90 mm | Print albumen paper
MountDimension:
252 x 200 mm
Condition:
Poor, overall fading dirt ingrained in mount fragile corners
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
B.3.1.66a
Previous Other Number:
41
Accession Number:
1998.203.1.66.1
Description:
A group of three Bari men playing large and small hide-covered drums as well as a side-blown horn instrument.
It seems likely that this image was taken shortly before October 1878 when Buchta reached Lado (Juba) on board S.S.
Safia.
Photographer:
Richard Buchta
Date of Photo:
1878
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel ?Gondokoro
Group:
Bari
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:
Music
Keyword:
Musical Instrument Drum , Musical Instrument Wind
Primary Documentation:
Notes on mount reverse ms pencil - "41 Bari Musicians"
Recorder:
Elizabeth Edwards 5/9/95 Christopher Morton 14/6/2005 [Sudan Project]
