IDNO

P.49998.ACH2

Description

An older man standing holding a stick and a pair of leather? sandals, with a second man supporting him. A crowd of spectators are in the background. The photograph is possibly part of the series of initiation images?. [JD 10/6/2009]

Place

NE Africa; Sudan; ?Northern Sudan; ?Kordofan Province; ?Nuba Mountains

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Driberg, Jack Herbert

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa ?1930 - ?1940

Collection Name

Unmounted Haddon Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.49940.ACH2. to P.50013.ACH2. were found in envelope now marked C210/6/. 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; North East Africa; ?Sudan", but the photograph is part of a series of images from the Nuba Mountains in northern Sudan. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [JD 10/6/2009]

Date: The photograph is part of a series of images probably taken in the 1930s based on the European women’s dress and hair styles in images P.49964.ACH2 and P.49979.ACH2. [JD 10/6/2009]