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Bachara, Soudanese sheik
Object Number 60-42-50/13190.1.5
Display Title Bachara, Soudanese sheik
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written on board: "Soudan / (Egyptian Soudan) / 60-42"; stamped on page: "Divison of Anthropology / Harvard University"; printed on page: "Bachara. (Soudanese Sheik.) / The "Land of the Blacks" sent many of its strange people to the Fair. The true home of the [offensive term] race is to be found in this wide region; but various / other pure and mixed elements are also present in the population derived principally from Hamitic and Semitic stocks. Until 1882 the Egyptian Soudan was an ill / organized province with Khartoum for its capital. In that year it was subdivided into four sections; West Soudan, Central Soudan, East Soudan along the Red Sea, / and Harar east of Abyssinia and north of the Somali country abutting on the Gulf of Aden. This broad stretch of country differs considerably in physical features in /" (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: 35.5601 × 24.13 cm (14 × 9 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Department of Anthropology, Harvard University

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