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View of hill at Rejaf, the farthest point upstream the boat reaches before the party leaves the Nile River and heads southwest into Belgian Congo
View of hill at Rejaf, the farthest point upstream the boat reaches before the party leaves the Nile River and heads southwest into Belgian Congo
Object Number 998-14-00/1.1.87
Display Title View of hill at Rejaf, the farthest point upstream the boat reaches before the party leaves the Nile River and heads southwest into Belgian Congo
Descriptions
Object Description Written on album page: "The hill at Rejaf. The river at this point is broad and quiet, with / a fresher quality to its waters than in the muddier reaches downstream. / Rejaf is the farthest point upstream that the little boat reaches. / It was here that we left the Nile and headed southwest into the / Belgian Congo. / Hitherto we had been in British Territory."
Department Photographic
Date 1927-1928
Artist Milton Katz
Culture
  • Central and Equatorial African styles
  • Sudan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Belgian Congo
Africa / Sudan
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Album
Dimensions Overall: 8.255 × 10.6363 cm (3 1/4 × 4 3/16 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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