Dinka man playing mancala

Dinka man playing mancala
58 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
2005.51.133.1 - Negative film nitrate , (59 x 55 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown


Accession Number:
2005.51.133.2
Description:
A Dinka man smoking a pipe playing mancala in the shade of a tree near a homestead. The mancala game has been made by scooping holes in the sand.
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:
Toy & Game
Keyword:
Game
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogues - Ms ink note on PRM teaching lantern slide [Lienhardt 36] - "Dinka (Sudan): Playing mancala" [CM 15/7/2005]

Inscription - '
Godfrey - DINKA 150 prints - Black & White (1 photo - coloured)' (on envelope containing prints) [AN 06/04/2006]
Recorder:
Alex Nadin 06/04/2006 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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