IDNO

P.57242.RDG

Description

Two men playing a tall upright decoratively carved drum with one man hitting the skin at the top and the second hand using a stick to tap a rhythm?. Both men have extensive facial cicatrisation, and wear neck, wrist, and ankle ornaments. The men appear to have been posed for the photographer as both look directly at the camera. In the background a woman and child watch on while leaning against a thatch roofed hut.

Place

C Africa; ?Democratic Republic of the Congo

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: This photograph appears to be part of a series relating to the BMS missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo. See P.57228-57251.RDG. These locations have been added to the place fields. [JD 14/6/2007]

Photographer: This photograph appears to be part of the series of prints annotated as being “K. Smith’s Congo phot.” See P.57233.RDG. The record has been amended accordingly. [JD 14/6/2007]

Biographical Information: See Biographies file for information on Reverend Kenred Smith. [JD 14/6/2007]

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