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Object Number
2018.9.7.2.1
Display Title
Nabilo cooking; child sitting close by.
Descriptions
Object Description
Typed caption on back of print: "Nabile was an excellent cook, and had a delicious recipe for pumpkin steamed under its own green leaves." Photographer's handwritten note on front: "lighten girl so she doesn't blend in to pot. fire darkened."
Classification
- Photographic
Department
Photographic
Date
10/1961-12/1961
Artist
Timothy Asch
Culture
- Karamojong
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Uganda
Materials
Print, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 25.4001 × 20.32 cm (10 × 8 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, 2018
Provenance
Owner
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
(1961-2018)
Donor
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
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