IDNO

LS.140389.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Uganda. 50.70 - 73. 50.Lu.1 - 4.
Luenzori. 4 slides of men (cannibals).
1, 2 = Bakonjo tribe.
3, 4 = Bambwa [ditto - tribe].

Place

E Africa; Uganda; Luenzori

Cultural Affliation

Bakonjo

Named Person

Photographer

?Roscoe, John R.

Collector / Expedition

Roscoe, John R. [Mackie Ethnological Expedition, Uganda, 1919 - 1920]

Date

1919 - 1920

Collection Name

Teaching Slide Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Bibliographical Reference: Similar image published in Roscoe, J., 1922. The Soul of Central Africa: An Account of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition. (London: Cassell and Co.), p. 123, with the caption "A cannibal of Luenzori". [ED 18/2/2008]

Context: "The Bakonjo were a small tribe inhabiting the eastern slopes of Mount Ruwenzori, or, as the natives of the region frequently call it, Luenzori. The tribe seems to be native to that region and numbered only a few hundreds. In appearance they were short and sturdy but of a low and degraded type of countenance. They were to be found generally on the upper plateaux of the mountain, where they made small clearings on the scrub, built huts, and grew their crops" (Roscoe, J., 1924. The Bagesu and other tribes of the Uganda Protectorate: The Third Part of the Report of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition to Central Africa. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.), pp. 137 - 148.). [ED 27/9/2007]

Clothing: "The mountain Bakonjo usually wear monkey or hyrax skins thrown across the shoulders, which form but a slight protection from the cold" (Bright, R.G.T., Survey and Exploration in the Ruwenzori and Lake region, Central Africa, The Geographical Journal, Vol. 34, No.2 (Aug 1909) p. 146 JESTER). [ED 27/9/2007]