IDNO

P.57234.RDG

Description

An older Upoto woman making a cane basket while sitting on the ground under the eaves of a thatch building. On the ground beside the woman is a pottery bowl, (possibly of water for dampen the cane to make it more pliable?) and a pile of dark pebbles?. Wall of thatched hut in the background.

Physical Condition: Woman’s face blurred due to slow shutter speed. [JD 15/6/2007]

Place

C Africa; Republic of the Congo; Upoto [Bopoto]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Smith, Kenred (Rev.)

Collector / Expedition

Ridgeway, William

Date

circa 1895 - 1914

Collection Name

Ridgeway Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

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: Upoto (Bopoto) is situated almost at the extreme north of the great ‘Horseshoe Bend’ (in 2 deg 7’ N. lat.) [Source: ‘The Upper Congo as a Waterway’, Rev. George Crenfell, in The Geographical Journal, Vol. 20, No 5 (Nov 1902) pp. 485-498. JSTOR Online. JD 4/10/2006]

Place: A BMS mission was established in Upoto (Bopoto) in 1890. [Source: ‘Protestant missions and the History of Lingala’ William J. Samarin, in Journal of Religion in Africa, Vol. 16, Fasc. 2 (June 1986) pp. 138-163, JSTOR Online, JD 4/10/2006]

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