Portrait of a Bari woman
133 x 77 mm | Print gelatin silver
MountDimension:
252 x 194 mm album page
Date of Print:
1920 circa
Previous PRM Number:
AL.53.44
Previous Other Number:
397
Accession Number:
1998.88.44
Description:
An upper body full face postcard portrait of a Bari (Fajelu) woman with dotted lines of cicatrices on her abdomen and forehead and a lower lip ornament, as well as a twisted metal neck ornament.
Photographer:
Richard Storch
Date of Photo:
1910 circa
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel [Lado Enclave]
Group:
Bari (Fajelu)
PRM Source:
?G. R. Carline
Acquired:
Unknown
Other Owners:
?G. R. Carline
Class:
Ornament , Body Art
Keyword:
Ornament Lip , Ornament Neck , Body Art Skin
Primary Documentation:
Notes on postcard - "397 Copyright.
G.N.
Morhig, The English Pharmacy, Khartoum.
Fidjelu Woman, Lado Enclave.
(By R.
Storch)"
Other Information:
Biographical Information - Richard Storch (1877 - 1927) was a Czech professional hunter and leader of hunting expeditions in southern Sudan.
He and his business partner Bedrich Machulka (1875 - 1954) supplied the Naprstkovo Muzeum, Prague with items gathered among the Dinka, Shilluk, Nuer, Bari and others.
After Storch's death Machulka carried on as guide of both hunting and exploratory expeditions.
(Information from website of Naprstkovo Muzeum, Prague) [CM 10/8/2005]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 9/8/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
