Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018.

Images(2)

Photograph

Date1892

MediumPhotograph on paper

DimensionsOverall, Image: 10 13/16 × 8 1/2 in. (27.5 × 21.6 cm)
Overall, Support: 13 1/4 × 10 1/2 in. (33.7 × 26.7 cm)

InscribedLower edge, on paper below image: "A shadoof on primitive container for raising water from the Nile / in cocoa nut shells or in canvass bags. Lifting these to the level of the fields / and then discharging their contents into trenches for purposes of irrigation."

Credit LineMuseum collection

Object number0.2864

Not on view