Portrait of a Shilluk youth
59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.300
Description:
A portrait of a squatting Shilluk youth wearing a woollen tank-top, with characteristic scarification marks on the forehead.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Warab
Group:
Shilluk
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Clothing , Body Art
Keyword:
Body Art Skin
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
