IDNO

N.19053.ROS

Description

Nile Temple; to the left, there is a stone wall with metal railings and in the centre of the image, there appears to be a tree? [in the Temple garden?].

Place

N Africa; Egypt; River Nile

Cultural Affliation

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 C29/213/ 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: “The wonderful temples of those earlier days which still stand beside the river are well worthy of careful preservation. It would be interesting to know something more of the purpose of these buildings and of the reason for their presence in such out-of-the-way places.” (Roscoe, J., 1922. The Soul of Central Africa: An Account of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition. (London: Cassell and Co.), p. 326.). [ED 2/1/2008]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Elisabeth Deane 2/1/2008]