?Anuak woman weaving rope

?Anuak woman weaving rope
56 x 53 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown


Accession Number:
2005.51.350.2
Description:
An elder women (possibly Anuak) sitting in a fenced homestead courtyard, weaving lengths of grass into a length of rope. Some of the finished rope is visible to the left of the gourd vessel next to her.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] ?Jonglei
Group:
?Anuak
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Raw Material , Vessel
Keyword:
Rope , Vessel Gourd
Activity:
Manufacturing
Primary Documentation:
Inscription - ' Godfrey - DINKA 107 prints 105 Black & White' (on envelope containing prints) [AN 05/04/2006]
Recorder:
Alex Nadin 05/04/2006 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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