Dinka woman wearing cowrie shells

Dinka woman wearing cowrie shells
59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
2005.51.32.2 - Print gelatin silver , (57 x 55 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown


Accession Number:
2005.51.32
Description:
A woman wearing large cowrie shell neck ornaments sits next to a long object (possibly a vessel), a tall mud brick walled enclosure beyond (obstruction over lens).
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Warab
Group:
Dinka
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Ornament
Keyword:
Ornament Neck
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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