Dinka dance
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panchromatic , Negative film Safety
Same Image As:
2004.131.71.327
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Sudan etc.4.35
Accession Number:
2004.130.36640.1
Description:
A group of Dinka youths carrying spears and wearing ornaments and other dance gear at a funeral dance near Malakal.
One in the foreground is wearing a leopard skin at the waist.
Dances were frequent occurences, often accompanying events such as marriages and deaths.
Photographer:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date of Photo:
1939
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile Malakal
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 , Shield , Ornament Head , Ornament Arm , Ornament Neck , Animal Leopard
Activity:
Dancing
Event:
Mortuary ritual Funeral , Dance
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogue (Thesiger album card) - 'VOL E p.
40/Dinka dancing at a funeral near Malakal' Note on album page ms pencil - "DINKA" (right of album page) [Elin Bornemann 25/5/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [12/12/2003] Christopher Morton [27/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
