IDNO

P.7212.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Woman with basket, Congo. ?Kuku-Kakwa.

On Catalogue Card for duplicate image LS.141450.TC1: E. Sudan. 60.E.S.75.
? Nilotic from Eritrea.

Portrait of a Nubian? woman holding a basket and tray on her head and standing in front of an adobe wall. She is wearing a skirt made of fibre, bead neck, ear and waist ornaments, and metal bracelets. She has cicatrisation marks on her chest and stomach. [JD 3/11/2010]

Place

C Africa; E Africa; ?Sudan; ?South Sudan; ?Eritreaa; ?Democratic Republic of Congo; ?Republic of Congo; Keny; Mombasa [Zaire]

Cultural Affliation

?Nubian; ?Giriama

Named Person

Photographer

?Figueira, D.V.R.; ?C.D. Patel & Sons, Photographers Mombasa

Collector / Expedition

Date

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Publication: Same image published on 'Old East Africa Postcards, and captioned "[PP45B3] - Giriama Woman - by: C.D. Patel & Sons, Photographers Mombasa - Series 223." [Source: https://www.oldeastafricapostcards.com/people-kenya/, JD 08/08/2024]