Portrait of a Zande (Makaraka) warrior
137 x 92 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.3.1.44a
Previous Other Number:
79 210
Accession Number:
1998.203.1.44.1
Description:
A full length portrait of a Zande man wearing a feather headdress and holding a fringed wicker-work shield and long throwing knife.
The Makaraka (this name for the Zande of the Odio area seems to be of Mittu origin) were part of the Zande kingdom and speak a dialect of the Zande language.
Buchta made an excursion to Makaraka country setting out from Juba on 7th July and returning there on 26th August 1879.
Photographer:
Richard Buchta
Date of Photo:
1879 July - August
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel Odio?
Group:
Zande (Makaraka)
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:
Clothing Headgear , Weapon
Keyword:
Knife , Shield , Headdress
Primary Documentation:
Notes on mount ms pencil - "79 Makraka negro with shield"
Notes on mount reverse ms pencil - "210"
Notes on mount reverse ms pencil - "210"
Recorder:
Elizabeth Edwards 6/9/95 Christopher Morton 14/6/2005 [Sudan Project]
