IDNO

P.70832.ACH2

Description

A half-length portrait of a ‘Shoa’ (also spelt Shewa and Showa) man sitting side on to the camera. The man is wearing a light coloured shirt with a cape? draped over the left shoulder and across the body. [JD 29/3/2012]

Physical Condition: Removed from card mount. [JD 7/5/2010]

Place

NE Africa; Ethiopia; Shewa [Shoa; Showa]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

Collection Name

Unmounted Haddon CollectionVon Hugel

Source

Format

Carte-de-visite; Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.70818.ACH2 to P.70848.ACH2 were found inside the envelope now numbered C309/4/3/ which came from drawer 4 of the entire cabinet formerly numbered as batch 153, now re-numbered C309/.

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being “Oceania; Melanesia”, but the print is annotated with ‘Shoa’, but Shoa, also spelled Showa, or Shewa, is a historic kingdom of central Ethiopia. “It lies mostly on high plateau country, rising to 13,123 feet (4,000 m) in Mount Abuye Meda. Its modern capital and main commercial centre is Addis Ababa. Shewa is bounded on the northwest by the Blue Nile River and on the southwest by the Omo River; its eastern and southeastern boundaries are in the Great Rift Valley along the Awash River.” This location of Ethiopia is consistent with the person portrayed. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [Source: www.britannica.com, JD 29/3/2012]