IDNO

P.50992.RDG

Description

Three-quarter length posed studio portrait of a woman from Makraka. She wears plain cloth worn in a toga style, hoop ear ornaments and a beaded necklace. She has scarification narks on her face, chest and arms. Her hair is worn in short braids along her head.

Place

NE Africa; Sudan; Makraka

Cultural Affliation

?Makraka

Named Person

Photographer

Art. A. Lekegian & Co. [Studio]

Collector / Expedition

Ridgeway, William

Date

circa 1887 - 1908

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]