Rual tree in Dinkaland
59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.345
Description:
A large 'sausage-tree' (Kigelia africana) known in Dinka as rual with its characteristic long pendulous fruits hanging down, standing beside a track leading toward a village which is visible beyond.
The rual tree was the emblem of one of the powerful divinities of Dinka religious thought, as well as providing fruits used in children's games and as ready-made headrests and stools.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Warab
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Vegetation , Religion
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
