IDNO

P.57194.RDG

Description

A Swazi Impi (an armed body of native warriors involved in urban and rural conflict) annotated as the body guard of King Sobuza marching along a road. The Impi and guard consist of an extensive number of warriors (probably exceeding 200 men), predominantly carrying decorated skin shields and spears, with the men at the front of the troop fording a river across the road. The photograph has been taken from an elevated position.

Place

S Africa; ?Eswatini [?Swaziland]

Cultural Affliation

Swazi

Named Person

King Sobuza

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Ridgeway, William

Date

circa ?1910

Collection Name

Ridgeway Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.57192.RDG to P.57260.RDG were found in C274/1/ which came from C274/. The latter was kept in Wooden Drawer VI.

P.57194.RDG and P.57195.RDG are pasted on the same mount.

Place: Eswatini (/ˌɛswɑːˈtiːni/; Swazi: eSwatini [ɛswáˈtʼiːni]), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini (Swazi: Umbuso weSwatini) and also known as Swaziland (/ˈswɑːzilænd/), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. In April 2018 the official name was changed from Kingdom of Swaziland to Kingdom of Eswatini, mirroring the name commonly used in Swazi. [Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eswatini, JD 22/07/2019]

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