Youth with spear and beads

Youth with spear and beads
52 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
2005.51.63.2 - Print gelatin silver , (51 x 55 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown


Accession Number:
2005.51.63.1
Description:
A head-and-shoulders full face portrait of a youth (possibly Jur Chol) holding two spears (one without blade), and wearing beaded head ornaments, standing in front of a barbed wire fence.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Warab
Group:
Jur Chol
Notes:
Note by Ambrose Riny Thiek & Edward Acuel Akoch, recorded by Carol Berger, 2005 - "A Jur Chol man, holding two spears, standing in front of a barbed wire fence, possibly surrounding a school or prison." [CM 16/12/2005]
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Weapon , Ornament , Bead
Keyword:
Spear , Ornament Head
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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