Dinka woman wearing cowrie shells
57 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.32.2
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
Primary Documentation:
Inscription - '
Godfrey
- DINKA
107
prints 105 Black & White' (on envelope containing prints) [AN 31/03/2006]
Recorder:
Alex Nadin 31/03/2006 [Southern Sudan Project]
