File:065 d1 detail Sudanese Officer, Colon (colonial) figure (9341321978).jpg
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East African Colonial Figure – Sudanese (Askaris / Nubian) This is an aged, authentic Sudanese military figure. The East African Nubians are descendants of Sudanese soldiers brought from Sudan by the British colonial government to help them with pacification of their East African colonies. Many were forcibly conscripted into the colonial British army in the early 1900s when Sudan was under British rule. As part of the King’s African Rifles… known as “Askaris” --- a British colonial regiment deployed throughout various parts of the former British East Africa, including present-day Kenya and Uganda to assist the British in their military expeditions, and later during WW I and WW II. The colonial authorities did not grant British citizenship to the Nubians as they did to the Indian Railway workers taken from India and re-organized to Kenya as labor during the late 19th C. The Nubians remained simply as British subjects under colonial rule and were not granted British citizenship. Condition (see photos) There are several insignificant (stable) age cracks on the figure. The left cheek has a defect (missing wood knot). It has glue repairs, and some age erosion and surface flaking. The red cap has old insect bores where it meets the headline, and a couple large but stable cracks along the sides. There are various other old inactive insect bores on the figure. (It was fully fumigated both before leaving Africa and by AQIS on arrival) The initial blue paint application is worn and barely noticeable in many areas. Both feet have cracks which are stable. The left toe (boot tip) has residual dried glue from a repair, but is not very noticeable, and does not affect the figures ability to stand on its own. Measures 48" = 122cm tall x 12" wide x 9" deep, and weighs 28 pounds = 12.7kg. This figure ships from the US.
Further information or more images of individual pieces please contact: Ann Porteus Sidewalk Tribal Gallery 19-21 Castray Esplanade, Battery Point 7004 Hobart Tasmania Australia ann@sidewalkgallery.com.au sidewalktribal.com t: 613 6224 0331 |
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| Author | Ann Porteus from Tasmania, Australia |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by ann porteus, Sidewalk Tribal Gallery at https://flickr.com/photos/40244630@N00/9341321978 (archive). It was reviewed on 20 July 2019 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0. |
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