Boarding a Nile steamer
57 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.26.2
Description:
People boarding a river boat along a plank, including men in Arab dress and a European.
In the foreground is a Shilluk man with sculpted hair and scarification on the forehead holding a sack, and a Shilluk woman with a tin of food.
The location is unknown, but possibly Malakal.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile Tonga
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Transport , Food and Drink , Body Art
Keyword:
Body Art Skin
Primary Documentation:
Inscription - '
Godfrey
- DINKA
107
prints 105 Black & White' (on envelope containing prints) [AN 31/03/2006]
Notes on print/mount - 'Crowd returning up gang plank as boat was about to leave Tonga. Angry chap in foreground, a Shilluk disputing about a hen. Note hair style' (on reverse of print) [AN 31/03/2006]
Notes on print/mount - 'Crowd returning up gang plank as boat was about to leave Tonga. Angry chap in foreground, a Shilluk disputing about a hen. Note hair style' (on reverse of print) [AN 31/03/2006]
Recorder:
Alex Nadin 31/03/2006 [Southern Sudan Project]
