Uganda Photographic Album
name: label: Collector
content: Robins, D.C. Major
place: label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Uganda
culture: label: Culture
content: Acholi (African people) -- Uganda
label: Culture
content: Teso (African people)
abstract: label: Summary
content: Album is comprised of photographs taken in and around Patiko, a settlement of the Acholi peoples (also known as Gan) in Uganda, and among the Teso peoples of Uganda. The images depict architectural features, general appearance of both Acholi and Teso, and in some instances activities and rituals. Photographer unknown.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The album was compiled by Major D.C. Robins, who served in British East Africa during the 1920s and 1930s.

Photographer is unknown.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 43 Gelatin silver prints (1 album, black & white, 12 x 16.5 cm. or smaller)
unitdate: label: Date
content: between 1920-1935
container: label: Container
content: Item 26
label: Container
content: Box 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Purchased, 1999. Conserved through a preservation grant funded by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee, 2006.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1999-003
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: In order as printed in album.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Finding aid by Eden Orelove, June 2018.  Images digitized in 2012.

Title descriptions primarily by the album creator, D.C. Major Robins.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The album is comprised of photographs taken in and around Patiko, a settlement of the Acholi peoples (also known as Gan) in Uganda, and among the Teso peoples of Uganda, including at Lake Nagero and in the Guru Guru Hills.  The images depict architectural features, the general appearance of both Acholi and Teso, and in some instances rituals and activities, including digging for water, watering cattle, threshing  grain, mending a hoe, hunting and dancing.  Additionally, there are several images of individuals wearing ornaments including brass rings, beaded headdresses and metal armbands.