IDNO

N.19623.ROS

Description

‘Owen Falls’; a series of smaller rapids below the Ripon Falls on the Victoria Nile River.

Place

E Africa; Uganda; Victoria Nile River; Owen Falls

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 C31/231/ 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: "Below the Ripon Falls there is a series of smaller rapids, now known as the Owen Falls, which surpass in the beauty of their scenery even the better known Ripon Falls.” (Roscoe, J., 1922. The Soul of Central Africa: An Account of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition. (London: Cassell and Co.), p. 293.). [ED 16/10/2007]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Elisabeth Deane 6/2/2008]