IDNO

N.19372.ROS

Description

A view of the bottom of a pyramid in Cairo with building materials visible.

Place

N Africa; Egypt; Cairo

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 C31/3/ by the cataloguer. The envelope was kept in box marked C31/ by the cataloguer.
Previously stored on Shelf 4, in group of 4 wooden boxes numbered 180.

Context: Roscoe visited Cairo on his return journey of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition (1919 - 20). (Please see: Roscoe, J., 1922. The Soul of Central Africa: An Account of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition. (London: Cassell and Co.), p. 326). [ED 1/10/2007]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Elisabeth Deane 1/10/2007]