IDNO

N.19076.ROS

Description

A group of men from the Ankole region seated on the ground in an enclosure made from reeds? or grass? "using water pots as drums in dancing. Variations of sound are obtained by the amount of water in the pot which is beaten by a leather on its mouth” (Roscoe, 1922, p. 94). Five men stand next to the group.

Physical Condition: Film is yellow/brown colour.

Place

E Africa; Uganda; Ankole

Cultural Affliation

?Bahera

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 C30/23/ by the cataloguer. The envelope was kept in box marked C30/ by the cataloguer.
Previously stored on Shelf 4, in group of 4 wooden boxes numbered 180.

Publication: Similar image published in Roscoe, J., 1922. The Soul of Central Africa: An Account of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition. (London: Cassell and Co.), p. 94, with the caption: "Ankole Dancing to Drums made from Water-pots”. [ED 19/2/2008]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Elisabeth Deane 8/1/2008]