IDNO

P.99670.ACH2

Description

Full-length profile studio portrait of an ‘Dutch Creole, (Native of Surinam). The woman wears a checked cloth headwrap and matching checked Creole-style dress, and is adorned with pearl? ear, neck, and wrist ornaments. The studio is decorated with a curtain and an upholstered chair with fringing.

Place

S America; Guyana; Suriname; ?Georgetown

Cultural Affliation

Creole

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

?Haddon, Alfred Cort

Date

1880 - 1910

Collection Name

?Unmounted Haddon Collection

Source

?Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Album Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.99643 to P.99673 are in A.173. The album was formerly kept in paper archive envelope WO6/1/12; Box 174. It has now been transferred to the photo archive.

Source: A stamp inside the album mentions it to be a Haddon gift.

This album has been catalogued with the support of the Getty Grant Fund. [S. Guha 17/11/2004]