IDNO

P.143774.ACH2

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.7149.ACH1: "Three women decorated."

Three Bopoto young women wearing large beaded? collars, sashes and girdles. On the bottom of the girdles are attached metal bells. The women also wear iron wrist and ankle ornaments.
Two of the women are posing standing facing the camera, and the third is seated on a small stool with her back to the camera. [JD 26/09/2022]

Place

C Africa; Democratic Republic of Congo; northern Congo; Bopoto

Cultural Affliation

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.