IDNO

P.55913.RDG

Description

Sudanese man decorating the clay flask as part of the process for making a coffee pot. The list accompanying the image states: “The flask has been scraped with a knife, rubbed smooth with sandstone and is in the process of being polished with a conch shell as shown in photo E” [manuscript in ink]. The man squats in corner of adobe building surrounded by gourd, wood, and basketry containers, with boy squatting next to him and second boy sitting on wood and woven raffia? stool to the left.

Physical Condition: Reticulation of negative.

Place

NE Africa; Sudan

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

?Grabham, George Walter

Collector / Expedition

Ridgeway, William

Date

circa 1910

Collection Name

Ridgeway Collection

Source

Grabham, George Walter

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.55909.RDG and N.55914.RDG were found inside the envelope C259/2/ which was inside C259/. The latter was found in wooden drawer 1.

These photographs are accompanied by a handwritten list which provides detailed description for each image which show the process of making coffee pots. The main details of each image have been transcribed. The list is archived, see archive reference.

Biographical Information: George Walter Grabham, 1882-1955, was educated at St. John’s College, Cambridge. He became Government Geologist to the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, during which he advised on major irrigation installations. [Source: Obituary: George Walter Grabham 1882-1955, by K. S. S.
The Geographical Journal © 1955 The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), JD 28/6/2007]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Jocelyne Dudding 16/10/2006]