IDNO

P.143785.ACH2

Description

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

Four Ngombe women carrying loads of kwanga (cassava bread) in carriers worn on the back and held with a strap across the forehead. The woman on the right is pregnant.
The women stand on probably a mission station path with a mission building in the background. [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

Unmounted Haddon Collection

Source

Format

None

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.143776.ACH2 - P.143792.ACH2 were found unaccessioned in a brown envelope, now numbered C863/, in Drawer A.30, and are probably prints collected as part of the preparation of the Haddon Mounted Collection.

MAA Exhibition: Photograph exhibited in 'Carriers of Culture' Spotlight cases, October 2016, and captioned "Four Ngombe women, including one who is clearly pregnant, carrying large loads of kwanga. A missionary station building is in the background.
Photo by Rev. Kenred Smith, pre 1905. P.7191.ACH1."
This photograph was chosen by members of the Congo Great Lakes Initiative to highlight that women are the holders and disseminators of cultural knowledge holders. [JD 27/09/2016]