IDNO

P.143767.ACH2

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.7191.ACH1: "Women carrying loads. N. Congo."

Three Ngombe women carrying loads of kwanga (cassava bread) in carriers worn on the back and held with a strap across the forehead.
The women stand on probably a mission station path with a mission building in the background.
A fourth woman on the right, who is pregnant, as well as the broken bottom right corner, has been cropped from the image. [JD 21/09/2022]

Place

C Africa; Democratic Republic of Congo; northern Congo

Cultural Affliation

Ngombe

Named Person

Photographer

Smith, Kenred (Rev.)

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1895 - 1914

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon Collectionvon Hugel Collection

Source

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Format

None

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.143767.ACH2 - P.143775.ACH2 were found unaccessioned in a cream envelope, now numbered C862/, in Drawer A.30, and are probably prints collected as part of the preparation of the Haddon Mounted Collection.