IDNO

P.6929.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Man, Metja-Galla, 24 years old.

Place

E Africa; Ethiopia; Oromo Region

Cultural Affliation

Oromo; Mecha [historically Galla; Metja]

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

?St Paulischke

Date

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon Collection

Source

?St Gregory

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being “Africa east Africa”, but the photograph is annotated as being ‘Metja-Galla’, the German term for Mecha, a subgroup of Galla, now known as Oromo, from the west and central Oromo region of Ethiopia. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [Source: Ehtnologue 16th Edition, JD 28/7/2009]

Named Person: The field was previously record as ‘Metja-Galla’, but this is a cultural group term. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [Source: Ehtnologue 16th Edition, JD 28/7/2009]