Zande throwing knives
135 x 90 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.3.1.58a
Previous Other Number:
95 199
Accession Number:
1998.203.1.58.1
Description:
An arrangement of seven Zande throwing knives, four of which are of the same type, two more being somewhat similar, and another of a different type being a long curved blade with a thicker end.
It is possible that Buchta collected a number of Zande objects on his brief expedition to this part of Sudan.
Buchta made an excursion to the groups west of the Nile in 1879 setting out from Juba on 7th July and returning there on 26th August.
Photographer:
Richard Buchta
Date of Photo:
1879 July - August
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel Odio?
Group:
Zande
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)
Notes:
In H.
B.
Thomas' article 'Richard Buchta and Early Photography in Uganda'
Uganda Journal
Vol.
25, no.
1, 1960, p.
116, he notes that 'Buchta seems to have remained at Lado until on 7 July he set off for Makaraka whence he returned on 26 August.
The fruits of this journey appear in a number of photographs in his album.' [CM 16/6/2005]
PRM Source:
Unknown
Acquired:
Unknown
Other Owners:
Unknown
Class:
Weapon
Keyword:
Knife
Primary Documentation:
Notes on mount ms pencil - "95 Throwing hatchets Niam Niam"
Notes on mount reverse ms pencil - "199"
Notes on mount reverse ms pencil - "199"
Recorder:
Elizabeth Edwards 6/9/95 Christopher Morton 20/6/2005 [Sudan Project]
