Bari mother and baby
133 x 77 mm | Print gelatin silver
MountDimension:
252 x 194 mm album page
Date of Print:
1920 circa
Previous PRM Number:
AL.53.45
Previous Other Number:
390
Accession Number:
1998.88.45
Description:
A full length profile postcard portrait of a Bari mother with a goatskin baby carrier on her back with a baby inside.
Photographer:
?Richard Storch
Date of Photo:
Unknown
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel [Lado Enclave]
Group:
Bari
PRM Source:
?G. R. Carline
Acquired:
Unknown
Other Owners:
?G. R. Carline
Class:
Child Care
Keyword:
Baby Carrier
Primary Documentation:
Notes on postcard - "390 Copyright.
G.N.
Morhig, The English Pharmacy, Khartoum.
How they carry children, Lado Enclave."
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]
