IDNO

P.50951.RDG

Description

Three-quarter length seated portrait of a Berber man with a moustache and a goatee and wearing traditional dress. He is sitting facing the photographer, but is looking to his right.
The man wears a white djellaba with the hood pulled over his head and wrapped around with agal (black cord) many times, covering all of the top of his head. His djellaba is placed over his left shoulder, showing his white fukiyya (shirt worn under the djellaba). Over all he is wearing a dark coloured burnus (Berber hooded cape), which is only partially visible on the left side due to the position of his djellaba. The burnus has light coloured fringing on its topmost side on the right, and is decorated with several large tassels in the middle part.
He also appears to be wearing a knotted tassel of light coloured flower patterned cloth, but where this is coming from and what it is attached to is obscured by the rest of his clothing.

Place

N Africa; Morocco; ?Tangier

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Ridgeway, William

Date

circa 1880

Collection Name

Ridgeway Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

The print was found in an envelope now marked C239/ which was inside the wooden drawer I.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [JD 2/7/2007]