IDNO

N.19100.ROS

Description

"Maria, daughter of the Mukama of Bunyoro. 1. (King)” [Roscoe's caption, circa 1920]

Full-length portrait of Maria, daughter of the King of Bunyoro’s (Andereya Bisereko Duhaga II), wearing a long white dress with elbow-length sleeves, a necklace and an anklet at a Government station in Masindi, Bunyoro. The young girl stands in front of a European-style building (the Government Station).

Physical Condition: Film is a yellow colour.

Place

E Africa; Uganda; Bunyoro; Masindi

Cultural Affliation

Banyoro (Bakitara)

Named Person

Maria (Andereya Bisereko Duhaga II’s daughter); Andereya Bisereko Duhaga II (b. 1882 - d. 1924)

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 C30/49/ 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.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Elisabeth Deane 9/1/2008]