IDNO

N.18852.ROS

Description

An Euphorbia tree on a grassy plain. The King of Ankole holds court under such a tree.

Place

E Africa; Uganda; Ankole

Cultural Affliation

?Banyankole

Named Person

Photographer

?Roscoe, John R.

Collector / Expedition

Roscoe, John R. [Mackie Ethnological Expedition, Uganda, 1919 - 1920]

Date

1919 - 1920

Collection Name

Roscoe Collection

Source

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

This negative was kept in an envelope marked C29/6/ by the cataloguer. The envelope was kept in box marked C29/ by the cataloguer.
Previously stored on Shelf 4, in group of 4 wooden boxes numbered 180.

Context: Roscoe notes that before the King of Ankole had a court house, "meetings would be held in the open, the king sitting in the shade of the euphorbia tree” (Roscoe, J., 1922. The Soul of Central Africa: An Account of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition. (London: Cassell and Co.). p. 69.) [ED 12/9/2007]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Elisabeth Deane 3/9/2007]