IDNO

N.19174.ROS

Description

People of the Sobat? state, near the White Nile River, annotated as ‘loading cow’. In the foreground, many of the people wear kanzus (white tunics) and white turbans, while standing next to a pile of sand bags. A man in the foreground wears cloth tied in the toga-style and a couple of people wear European-style shorts, shirts and pith helmets? or hats?. In the distant background, to the left, two cows appear to be seen.

Place

NE Africa; South Sudan; Sobat ?State; near White Nile river; near Bahr el Jebel; Kodok [Sudan; Fashoda]

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 C30/124/ 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.

Context: “It was interesting to visit Fashoda and see the place that Major Macdonald had struggled so hard and so bravely to reach, only to be foiled by mutiny among his troops in Uganda, which had to be crushed before he could go on. The expedition on which he was engaged was really a race against the French, who were also aiming at this point, but the English party met with difficulty after difficulty, and were delayed for so many months that the French arrived there first. There are not many signs of the former importance of Fashoda left; it was at one time fortified, but now there is nothing to be seen but the little bungalow of the English resident and a few ruins, among them being the house of Major Marchand, the French commander.” (Roscoe, J., 1922. The Soul of Central Africa: An Account of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition. (London: Cassell and Co.), p. 321). [ED 29/10/2007]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Elisabeth Deane 29/10/2007]