IDNO

P.50984.RDG

Description

Posed full-length studio shot of two women carrying children on their shoulders. The women wear two-piece headscarves and layered tunics. One wears leather pointed boots, and the other has tattoos across her forehead, chin and cheeks. The background is a painted scene of palm trees and dunes and there are fake rock props.

Place

N Africa; ?Egypt

Cultural Affliation

Bedouin

Named Person

Photographer

Bonfils, Paul Felix

Collector / Expedition

Ridgeway, William

Date

circa 1867 - 1885

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]