IDNO

P.50998.RDG

Description

Half-length studio portrait of young woman wearing a white with embroidered edges chador style (see noted field) head scarf, open at the neck. Underneath she wears a fine gauze scarf which covers her neck and chest, and beneath this buttons and beaded or shell neck ornaments are visible. She wears wrist ornaments and a large nose ring. She has scarification marks on her cheeks, a marking between the eyebrows, and her fingernails hennaed.

Place

NE Africa; Sudan [Soudan]

Cultural Affliation

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.

Biographical Information: “The chador, worn by Iranian women when outside the house, is a full-body cloak. It is often accompanied by a smaller headscarf underneath.” BBC News in graphics at www.bbc.co.uk/news

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