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Object Number 998-14-00/1.1.12
Display Title Shilluk warriors in a village along the Nile River
Descriptions
Object Description Written on album page: ""Shilluk" warriors in a / village along the Nile. The / Shilluk are the first large / pagan group we reach as we go / south away from the Mohammedamized regions"
Department Photographic
Date 1927-1928
Artist Milton Katz
Culture
  • Central and Equatorial African styles
  • Shilluk
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Belgian Congo
Africa / Sudan
Dimensions Overall: 11.43 × 8.7313 cm (4 1/2 × 3 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Vivian Katz and Family of Milton Katz
Provenance
Collector Milton Katz (1927-1928)
Intermediary David Warrington
Donor Vivian Katz (5/8/98)

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