Shilluk island village

Shilluk island village
111 x 156 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
2005.51.132.1 - Negative film nitrate , (59 x 55 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown


Accession Number:
2005.51.132.2
Description:
A Shilluk cattle herding village located on an island in the river. The huts of the homesteds are formed into a circle surrounding a central cattle pen area in the centre.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile
Group:
Shilluk
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Settlement , Animal Husbandry
Keyword:
Village , Cattle Camp
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogues - Ms ink note on PRM teaching lantern slide [Lienhardt 43] - "Shilluk (Sudan): Permanent cattle herding village on island" [CM 15/7/2005]

Inscription - 'DINKA + NILOTES (G. Lienhardt. Negs)'; 'These prints have same captions as Lantern Slide Coll. Presumably made in connection with those [CM. 2005]' (on envelope containing prints) [AN 20/04/2006]

Inscription - 'These need Notes:- by Godfrey' (on paper slip wrapped around prints) [AN 20/04/2006]
Recorder:
Alex Nadin 20/04/2006 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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