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Abal Kader, musician playing a wahassa
Abal Kader, musician playing a wahassa
Object Number 60-42-50/13190.1.4
Display Title Abal Kader, musician playing a wahassa
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written on board: "Soudan / (Upper Nile) / 60-42"; stamped on page: "Divison of Anthropology / Harvard University"; printed on page: "Abal Kader. (Southern Soudan.) / Soudan, which means in Arabic "the land of the blacks," is that wide region of Africa which stretches from the Atlantic to the Red Sea, and from the Sahara / and Egypt to the Gulf of Guinea, the central equatorial regions and the Albert and Victoria Nyanza's in the south. This is the home of the true [offensive term] race, and until very / recently definite information concering its resources and geography were not obtainable. In 1882, the Mahdi raised the flag of revolt and preached a religious crusade. / His armies overpowered the Egyptian garrisons and cut off Emin Bey in the Equatorial Province and shut up Gordon in Khartoum," (continued under remarks)
Department Photographic
Date 1894
Culture
  • Sudanese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 34.6076 × 24.4475 cm (13 5/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Department of Anthropology, Harvard University

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