IDNO

P.57196.RDG

Description

A Zulu witchdoctor dressed in ceremonial clothing and squatting on the ground holding a gourd. The man wears a leopard? and second fur headdress, a fur neck ornament with a chest strap and a monkey? tail? at the nape. He wears an apron of stringed bundles of fur?, and at his feet is his divining stick and a leather? fan.

Place

S Africa; South Africa; northern KwaZulu-Natal Province [Zululand]

Cultural Affliation

Zulu

Named Person

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.

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