IDNO

P.57273.RDG

Description

Studio full-length profile portrait of a Kamba man posed with a bow and arrow, and carrying a quiver on his back. The man wears a wrap-around cloth skirt and has a feather hair ornament, and metal ring and chain ear, neck, chest, arm, wrist, leg, and ankle ornaments. The studio backdrop is painted with a forest scene.

Place

E Africa; Kenya; ?Eastern Province

Cultural Affliation

Kamba

Named Person

Photographer

Young, William D. [Photograph Studio]

Collector / Expedition

Ridgeway, William

Date

circa 1890 - 1910

Collection Name

Ridgeway Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.57261.RDG to P.57273.RDG were found in C274/2/ which came from C274/. The latter was kept in Wooden Drawer VI.

Place: Entry previously record ‘Kamba’ as place but research shows that the term applies to a cultural group. The two fields have been amended accordingly. [JD 4/10/2006]

Group: The Kamba (Mukamba in singular Akamba in the plural) are a Bantu ethnic group who live in South central, Machakos and Kitui districts, Eastern Province. Some in Kwale District, Coast Province. [Source: Ethnologue Online, 15th Edition, JD 4/10/2006]

Biographical Information: See Biographies file for information on William D. Young. [JD 14/6/2007]

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


Publication: The photograph has been digitised for the European Collected Library of Artistic Performance (ECLAP) and is accessible on the portal http://www.eclap.eu/drupal/. [SG 30/10/2012]Publication: The photograph has been digitised for the European Collected Library of Artistic Performance (ECLAP) and is accessible on the portal http://www.eclap.eu/drupal/. [SG 30/10/2012]