IDNO

P.143839.ACH2

Description

On Catalogue Card for P.7212.ACH1: Woman with basket, Congo. ?Kuku-Kakwa.

On Catalogue Card for duplicate image LS.141450.TC1: E. Sudan. 60.E.S.75.
? Nilotic from Eritrea.

Portrait of a Nubian? woman holding a basket and tray on her head and standing in front of an adobe wall. She is wearing a skirt made of fibre, bead neck, ear and waist ornaments, and metal bracelets. She has cicatrisation marks on her chest and stomach. [JD 3/11/2010]

Place

E Africa; ?Sudan; ?Eritrea; Kenya; Mombasa

Cultural Affliation

?Nubian; ?Giriama

Named Person

Photographer

?Figueira, D.V.R.; ?C.D. Patel & Sons, Photographers Mombasa

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1900s - 1920s

Collection Name

Unmounted Haddon Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.143823.ACH2 - P.143889.ACH2 were found unaccessioned in Drawer A.30, and are probably prints collected as part of the preparation of the Haddon Mounted Collection. The paper wrapping, which has no inscriptions, has been numbered as C870/.

Publication: Same image published on 'Old East Africa Postcards, and captioned "[PP45B3] - Giriama Woman - by: C.D. Patel & Sons, Photographers Mombasa - Series 223." [Source: https://www.oldeastafricapostcards.com/people-kenya/, JD 08/08/2024]