Dinka figure
Accession Number:
1993.71.1
Country:
Sudan
Region:
[Southern Sudan]
Cultural Group:
Dinka
Date Made:
By 1993
Materials:
Wood Plant
Process:
Carved , Burnt
Dimensions:
H = 720 mm
Other Owners:
Ione Tayler given 1962 - 1964
PRM Source:
Ione Tayler
Acquired:
Donated December 1993
Collected Date:
By 1993
Description:
Tall thin human figure, with no marked sexual characteristics.
Of light wood, burnt in places to give mottled effect.
Carved by a Dinka prisoner, and obtained by a German forester who was working for the FAO in the Sudan. Given to Ione Tayler between 1962 and 1964, and donated to the Pitt Rivers Museum in December 1993.
Rachael Sparks 24/9/2005.
Carved by a Dinka prisoner, and obtained by a German forester who was working for the FAO in the Sudan. Given to Ione Tayler between 1962 and 1964, and donated to the Pitt Rivers Museum in December 1993.
Rachael Sparks 24/9/2005.
Primary Documentation:
Given to donor by a young German forester who was working for the FAO in the Sudan.
He told her it had been carved by a Dinka prisoner.
