Portrait of a Dinka man

Portrait of a Dinka man
123 x 83 mm | Photomechanical hand coloured
MountDimension:
252 x 194 mm album page
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
AL.53.2
Previous Other Number:
490


Accession Number:
1998.88.2
Description:
A hand-coloured postcard portrait of a Dinka man wearing bead ornaments and holding a spear and shield.
Photographer:
G. N. Morhig
Date of Photo:
1910 circa
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile
Group:
Dinka
Publication History:
Reproduced as Fig. 44 (page 94) in the Musée Barbier-Mueller catalogue Boucliers d'Afrique, d'Asie du Sud-Est et d'Oceanie du Musée Barbier-Mueller , Prestel-Verlag, Munich 1998, with the caption 'Jeune guerrier dinka du Haut Nil' [CM 01/02/2007]
PRM Source:
?G. R. Carline
Acquired:
Unknown
Other Owners:
?G. R. Carline
Class:
Ornament , Toilet , Bead , Weapon
Keyword:
Ornament Arm , Ornament Neck , Spear , Shield
Primary Documentation:
Notes on postcard - "C.-490 Copyright. G.N. Morhig Khartoum A Dinka Warrior, Upper Nile"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 9/8/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
Funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council
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