Dinka man playing mancala
155 x 111 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)
2005.51.133.1 - Negative film nitrate , (59 x 55 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.133.3
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 - 'DINKA + NILOTES (G. Lienhardt. Negs)'; 'These prints have same captions as Lantern Slide Coll. Presumably made in connection with those [CM. 2005]' (on envelope containing prints) [AN 20/04/2006]
Inscription - 'These need Notes:- by Godfrey' (on paper slip wrapped around prints) [AN 20/04/2006]
Inscription - 'DINKA + NILOTES (G. Lienhardt. Negs)'; 'These prints have same captions as Lantern Slide Coll. Presumably made in connection with those [CM. 2005]' (on envelope containing prints) [AN 20/04/2006]
Inscription - 'These need Notes:- by Godfrey' (on paper slip wrapped around prints) [AN 20/04/2006]
Recorder:
Alex Nadin 20/04/2006 [Southern Sudan Project]
