IDNO

N.18908.ROS

Description

A Munyankole (the people of the Ankole region are called the Banyankole, singular: munyankole) Bahima? man wearing a kanzu (white tunic) with a piece of white fabric tied over it in the toga-style. He holds a long-stick upwards towards the sky. Another Bahima? man stands behind him wearing a dark knee-length piece of toga-style clothing. In the background there is a large native-style house? with a thatched grass? roof.

Place

E Africa; Uganda; Ankole

Cultural Affliation

Bahima

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 C29/67/ 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.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Elisabeth Deane 13/9/2007]