Bani Suef, Egypt: a midife holding a kulleh (pottery water jar) at the naming ceremony of a baby. Photograph by W.S. Blackman, 192-.

[between 1920 and 1929?]

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 10.9 x 8.3 cm

Woman holding kulleh pottery water bottle, decorated with gold ornaments belonging to the mother of a newly born infant (female), on the 7th day after birth when the naming ceremony takes place. The woman holding the kulleh is the midwife attending the mother. See my book on The fellahīn of Upper Egypt, pp. 76-81, fig. 36 Lettering on back of photograph

Wellcome Collection 26077i