Ox-powered water wheel

Ox-powered water wheel
55 x 81 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown


Accession Number:
2005.51.441
Description:
The water wheel of a man called 'Jock' (probably Jok) being powered by an ox with markings known as makwoich.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Warab
Group:
Dinka
NamedPerson:
Jok
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Water Supply
Keyword:
Water Wheel
Primary Documentation:
Inscription - ' Godfrey - DINKA 107 prints 105 Black & White' (on envelope containing prints) [AN 06/04/2006]

Notes on print/mount - 'Jock's Sagia with Makwoich doing the pulling. (If that is the one with the white on its face)'; 'water-wheel [line linking to the word 'Sagia' in the previous inscription]' (on reverse of print) [AN 06/04/2006]
Recorder:
Alex Nadin 06/04/2006 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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