IDNO

P.52560.VH

Description

Head and shoulders profile portrait of two Karamajong men wearing clay and feather headdresses, lip plugs, and bead neck ornaments. [JD 30/6/2009]

Place

E Africa; Uganda; Karamajo

Cultural Affliation

Karamajong

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

Collection Name

Von Hugel Collection

Source

Format

Postcard

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.52551.VH to P.52567.VH were found inside the envelope now numbered C262/2/4/. This envelope was in the drawer now numbered as C262/2/. The drawer is the second of the entire green cabinet which was formerly numbered as batch 150, and now re-numbered C262/.

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being “Africa”, but the print is annotated as ‘Karamajo’, which is in Uganda. The headdresses in the photograph is consistent with The Place field has been amended accordingly.