Dinka dance
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Same Image As:
2004.131.71.254
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.7.21
Accession Number:
2004.130.32965.1
Description:
A large group of Dinka youths gathered at a dance, with a youth dancing at close quarters in the foreground wearing a lion cloth.
Photographer:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date of Photo:
1939
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Abiyeh
Group:
Dinka
PRM Source:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Acquired:
Accepted as Art in Lieu of Inheritance Tax by H.M. Government and allocated to the Pitt Rivers Museum, March 2004
Other Owners:
n/a
Class:
Weapon , Dance , Ornament
Keyword:
Spear , Ornament Ear , Ornament Neck
Activity:
Dancing
Event:
Dance
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogue (Thesiger album card) - 'VOL E p.
31/DINKA at ABIYEH in Southern Kordofan./Dinka dancing.' Note on album page ms pencil - "DINKA AT ABIYEH" (centre of album page) [Elin Bornemann 24/5/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [11/12/2003] Christopher Morton [15/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
