IDNO

P.49917.DRI

Description

Half-length portrait of an Jie man from northeast Uganda, wearing a "Hoop made of pared down rhino horn" [Driberg's caption]

Place

E Africa; Uganda; northeast Uganda; Karamojo District

Cultural Affliation

Karamojong; Jie [historically Ajie]

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

?Driberg, Jack Herbert

Date

circa ?1912 - ?1921

Collection Name

Driberg CollectionUnmounted Haddon Collection

Source

Format

Photomechanical Book Illustration

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.49910.ACH2. to P.49936.ACH2. were found in envelope now marked C210/4/. This was found in another envelope now marked C210/ which came from the wooden drawer 1.

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being "Africa; East Africa; Uganda; North East Uganda; Ajie", but Jie is a dialect of Karamojong, from the Karamojo District, northeast Uganda. The Place and Group field has been amended accordingly. [Source: Ethnologue 15th Edition, JD 18/6/2009]

Photographer: The handwriting on the reverse of the prints P.49897.ACH2. to P.49909.ACH2. is the same as the series P.49848.ACH2. to P.49875.ACH2, which has been provisionally assigned to J.H.Driberg, and the dates circa 1912 - 1921. The Photographer and Date fields have been amended accordingly. [JD 19/6/2009]