IDNO

P.50988.RDG

Description

Two two-man operated double shadoofs (water irrigation system - see Noted field for full description) of High Egypt on an incline. Two men stand operating each shadoof and a boy sits on the ground. The shadoofs themselves are dug into the slope and the wooden structures are rooted in clay. The men wear white turbans and short trousers.

Place

N Africa; Egypt; Northern Egypt [High Egypt]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

C. & G. Zangaki Brothers

Collector / Expedition

Ridgeway, William

Date

circa 1880 - 1900

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.

Related Image: "No. 630 Chadoufs de la haute Egypte" (same image), see the University of Chicago Library web page. http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/mideast/photo/Egypt.html

Related Image: "No. 672 Chadouf a la haute Egypte."
See the University of Chicago web page.
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/mideast/photo/Egypt.html

Biographical Information: “A shadoof or shaduf (an Arabic word) is an irrigation tool, originally developed in ancient Sumer. The shadoof consists of an upright frame on which is suspended a long pole or branch, at a distance of about one-fifth of its length from one end. At the long end of this pole hangs a bucket, skin bag, or bitumen-coated reed basket, while the short end carries a weight (clay, stone, or similar) which serves as the counterpoise of a lever.” http://www.factbites.com/topics/Shadoof

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