IDNO

P.57206.RDG

Description

Two men smoking dagga (marijuana) using smoking horn pipes. The men wear hair, neck, arm, and chest ornaments and appear to be wearing lion cloths with back panel of fur?. The men are sitting on low stools / headrests, and positioned on the ground in front of them is decorated skin shield and two spears. [Information provided by by Nessa Leibhammer, Curator of Traditional Southern African Collections, Johannesburg Art Gallery, JD 12/13/2012]

Place

S Africa; South Africa; KwaZulu-Natal

Cultural Affliation

Zulu

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

?Catholic Missionary of Africa (White Fathers) [Compiler]; Ridgeway, William [Collector]

Date

circa 1890

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.

Place: This entry was previously recorded as “Africa” but based on the sequence of photographs, the men’s clothing and the shield, the photograph it was provisionally recorded as Tanzania. However, based on the clothing, shields, and headrests / stools, the photograph relates to Zulu. [JD 12/6/2007, updated with information provided by by Nessa Leibhammer, Curator of Traditional Southern African Collections, Johannesburg Art Gallery, JD 12/13/2012]

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