Supporting material glass lantern slide from Nubia Sudan dated AD 1900s

Lantern Slide with black and white photograph showing four children in a rural setting in Nubia. The background is formed by a mudbrick house, covered with a straw roof. A silo or water tank of pottery is outside the entrance. The ground is covered in stone rubble. The children are dressed in a variety of traditional costumes, ranging from long gowns to loin cloths, and one child is nude. A seperate hand is reaching into the picture from the right, holding a spear with a long head. Location: Nubia.
Label ‘Nubian Children’

Supporting material glass lantern slide from Nubia Sudan dated AD 1900s

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1989.87.51
  • Material: film glass
  • Period: 20th century
  • Dated: AD 1900s
  • Object name: glass lantern slide
  • Dimensions: Length: 8.5 cm , Width: 8.5 cm