IDNO

P.57255.RDG

Description

Seated profile portrait of an older half Twa man, who acted as a guide for the unnamed photographer. The man wears a loin cloth and has two upright spears in the ground behind him. The legs of a man in a European uniform are cropped at the left side of the frame.

Place

C Africa; ?Rwanda; ?Democratic Republic of Congo

Cultural Affliation

Twa [historically BaTwa]

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Ridgeway, William

Date

circa ?1900

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]