IDNO

P.57245.RDG

Description

Two Ngombe men, one sitting on a wooden stool, and the second squatting on the ground and playing an antelope? pipe horn. Both men have extensive facial cicatrisation and distinctive hairstyles, and the man on the left wears a white bone? bead neck ornament. In the background is a group of men standing in front of a wood and thatch shelter.
The group appears to have been posed by the photographer as all are looking directly at the camera.

Place

C Africa; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Ngombe

Cultural Affliation

Ngombe

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: Baptist Missionaries began to work at Ngombe Lutete in 1884 ... stretching from the Congo (Zaire) river in the North to the Angolan border in the South. [Source: Simon Kimbangu and the B.M.S. Tradition, by D. J. Mackay, Journal of Religion in Africa © 1987 BRILL, JSTOR Online, JD 19/6/2007]

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]