IDNO

P.49937.ACH2

Description

"Batwa half pigmee." [Photographer's caption]

On Catalogue Card for P.7210.ACH1: "Batwa half-pygmy. Congo." [typed text circa 1935]

Half-length portrait of a Twa man, name not recorded, standing and leaning on a stick.

Place

C Africa; Democratic Republic of Congo; Batwa [Zaire]

Cultural Affliation

Twa [historically Batwa]

Named Person

Photographer

Akroyd, R. A. (Rev.)

Collector / Expedition

Date

Collection Name

Unmounted Haddon Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.49917.ACH2. to P.49939.ACH2. were found in envelope now marked C210/5/. 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", but Twa (Butwa) is a cultural group of Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [Source: Ethnologue 15th Edition, JD 23/6/2009]

Place: Matching this print to similar portrait at same location in P.7210.ACH1 shows the photographs relates to Democratic Republic of Congo. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [JD 19/06/2018]