Dinka cattle hearth

82 x 82 mm | Lantern slide glass

MountDimension:

82 x 82 mm

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous Other Number:

V.g.9 (394)

Accession Number:

1967.26.213

Description:

A circular cattle-dung hearths surrounded by a loose branch fence placed in the centre of the cattle pen in a homestead at Bor. Cattle are sitting nearby at their tethering pegs. Such fires or smudges were made to help keep away pests such as mosquitos from cattle mostly during the rainy season, and sometimes during the dry season, by enveloping the kraal in thick smoke. The description mai ut may refer to this being a dry-season (mai) camp.

Photographer:

Charles Gabriel Seligman

Date of Photo:

1910

Region:

[Southern Sudan] Jonglei Bor

Group:

Dinka

PRM Source:

London School of Economics and Political Science

Acquired:

Donated 1967

Other Owners:

C. G. Seligman slide collection

Class:

Settlement , Fire , Animal Husbandry

Keyword:

Cattle Camp , Animal Cattle

Documentation:

Manual Catalogue in Related Documents File

Primary Documentation:

Accession Book Entry - [1967.26] THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, HOUGHTON STREET, ALDWYCH, LONDON, W.C.E. PER MR ANTHONY FORGE - SUDAN. Box containing 309 lantern slides (3 1/4” x 3 1/4”) made from photographs taken by the late Professor C. G. SELIGMAN in various parts of the SUDAN. All slides numbered and labelled. Catalogue in file (“Seligman Slide Collection”). Additional Accession Book Entry - [in pencil] 18 Parks Rd.

Manual catalogue entry (thermofax catalogue copy in folder '27-06 Seligman Slide Collection') - "V.g.9. Dinka cattle kraal. Mai ut . (356)"

Note on lantern slide ms ink - "V.g.9 Dinka cattle kraal. Mai ut. CGS. 394"

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [19/10/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]