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LL/30131
Richard Buchta
1879 (ca)
A Zande Binza, (witchdoctor) Southern Sudan

Albumen print
195 x 140 mm (8 x 5.5 in)
 
Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books
Courtesy of Bernard J Shapero Rare Books
 
Pasted on original card, photographers credit and title in negative, another title in German manuscript.
 
A full length portrait of a Zande binza or witchdoctor standing beside a hut, wearing rattles, skins, medicines and other attire of the corporation. Buchta made an excursion to the groups west of the Nile in 1879 setting out from Juba on 7th July and returning there on 26th August.
 
LL/30131


 

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