Nuer girls on way to dance
58 x 57 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
B12.15 [unknown number]
Accession Number:
1998.436.13
Description:
A line Nuer girls walking to a dance gathering, there bodies smeared with ash, and wearing bead strings round neck and waist.
Allen visited Ler for a fortnight after meeting the missionary there, Canon Ewell, on the steamer from Juba.
Photographer:
John E. Allen
Date of Photo:
1951 August
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Wahda Ler
Group:
Nuer
PRM Source:
John E. Allen
Acquired:
Donated
Other Owners:
John E. Allen
Class:
Body Art , Bead
Keyword:
Dance Accessory , Body Art Paint
Event:
Dance
Documentation:
List with captions, essay, correspondence in Related Documents File.
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogue (John E.
Allen 5/7/2005) - "Late teenagers, all dressed up and ready for the dance." [CM 11/8/2005]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 11/8/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
