Dinka majok ox

82 x 82 mm | Lantern slide glass

MountDimension:

82 x 82 mm

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous Other Number:

V.g.14 (406)

Accession Number:

1967.26.218

Description:

A portrait of a Dinka ox at a cattle camp, probably at Bor. It's markings are described as majok, indicating a white bullock with a black head, neck and rump, but not brown, which would be majak. The ox also has its left horn trained across its muzzle, a process carried out on favourite beasts by their owners among both Nuer and Dinka. The Seligmans visited villages in the Bor locality in the dry season of 1910, with Archdeacon Shaw acting as guide and interpreter.

Photographer:

Charles Gabriel Seligman

Date of Photo:

1910

Region:

[Southern Sudan] Jonglei Bor

Group:

Dinka Bor

PRM Source:

London School of Economics and Political Science

Acquired:

Donated 1967

Other Owners:

C. G. Seligman slide collection

Class:

Animal Husbandry

Keyword:

Animal Cattle

Documentation:

Manual Catalogue in Related Documents File

Primary Documentation:

Accession Book Entry - [1967.26] THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, HOUGHTON STREET, ALDWYCH, LONDON, W.C.E. PER MR ANTHONY FORGE - SUDAN. Box containing 309 lantern slides (3 1/4” x 3 1/4”) made from photographs taken by the late Professor C. G. SELIGMAN in various parts of the SUDAN. All slides numbered and labelled. Catalogue in file (“Seligman Slide Collection”). Additional Accession Book Entry - [in pencil] 18 Parks Rd.

Manual catalogue entry (thermofax catalogue copy in folder '27-06 Seligman Slide Collection') - "V.g.14. Dinka ox majok. (406)"

Note on lantern slide ms ink - "V.g.14. Dinka ox majok. CGS. 406"

Other Information:

In 'Imagery in Ngok Dinka Cattle-Names' Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, University of London, Vol 7, Issue 3, 1934, page 627, E.E. Evans-Pritchard notes 'mior ma jok (N. thak ma jok). White bullock with black head, neck and rump. The ground colour may be of any colour except brown, for it is then ma jak...' [Chris Morton 19/10/2004]

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [19/10/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]