IDNO

P.50103.ACH2

Description

"Blockaded fort at Char (6580’ [feet]) built on the spur of the mountains as a protection against raids by the Abyssinians.
Formerly the site of a Didinga military post situated on the line of attack & used by their enemies, the Turk Turkana, Abyssinians & Topotha." [Shepstone’s caption]

On Catalogue Card: Uganda Borders. 55.1.
Africa, East.
Char camp, 6580 ft, on the site of the old Didinga barracks at the point of invasion from Abyssinia and Topotha.

Place

NE Africa; ?Sudan; ?Ethiopia; Southern Sudan; ?Didinga Hills; Char [Abyssinia]

Cultural Affliation

Didanga; Toposa [historically Topotha]; Abyssinian

Named Person

Photographer

?Shepstone, Harold James; ?Driber, Jack Herbert

Collector / Expedition

Driberg, Jack Herbert

Date

circa 1923 - 1932

Collection Name

Unmounted Haddon Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.50014.ACH2. to P.50110.ACH2. were found in envelope now marked C210/7/. 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 the envelope is inscribed with Didinga, Longarim, and Topotha, which are cultural groups of southern Sudan. As of yet, no reference has been found for ‘Char’. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [Source: Ethnologue 15th Edition, JD 2/6/2009]

Date: The prints, P.50017.ACH2 and P.50052.ACH2, from the same series have a stamp dated "22 No 1927" adhered to their reverse. Prints P.50044.ACH2 and P.50053.ACH2 are inscribed with "9-6-32". P.50054.ACH2 is inscribed Feb 1923. Therefore the date circa 1923 - 1932 has been added to the other prints from the series. [JD 11/6/2009]

Photographer: Prints P.50018.ACH2, P.50070.ACH2, and P.50091.ACH2 are signed on the reverse with "H.J. Shepstone". Prints P.50044.ACH2 and P.50046.ACH2 are stamped on the reverse with "From H. J. Shepstone. 139 Broomwood Road, Clapham Common, London S.W." This name has been added to the Photographer’s field. [JD 11/6/2009]