Portrait of a Madi man
134 x 90 mm | Print albumen paper
MountDimension:
240 x 310 mm
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
B.3.1.22a
Previous Other Number:
48 182
Accession Number:
1998.203.1.22.1
Description:
A full length portrait of a Madi man standing in front of a hut wearing an animal skin, a knife at his waist.
The image was taken sometime between December 1878 and March 1879 when Buchta was passing through Madi country en route to Bunyoro.
Photographer:
Richard Buchta
Date of Photo:
December 1878 - March 1879
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel
Group:
Madi
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 Skin , Weapon
Keyword:
Knife
Primary Documentation:
Notes on mount ms pencil - "48 Madi negro"
Notes on mount reverse ms pencil - "182"
Notes on mount reverse ms pencil - "182"
Recorder:
Elizabeth Edwards 5/9/95 Christopher Morton 14/6/2005 [Sudan Project]
