IDNO

P.57235.RDG

Description

Possibly a village chief sitting on a low stool surrounded by a group of men and boys sitting on the ground in front of a conical thatch hut with a wicker canopy over the door. The chief? wears a head band, wrap around cloth skirt, a pelt as a cape, and neck ornaments, an ivory band on each arm, and a large number of metal rings on each ankle. Two of the village men wear large ivory bands on their wrists.

Place

E Africa; Tanzania [Tanganyika]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Schmidt, Hans

Collector / Expedition

Ridgeway, William

Date

?1905

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.

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