Portrait of a Dinka youth at a dance

Portrait of a Dinka youth at a dance
59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown


Accession Number:
2005.51.394
Description:
An upper body portrait of a Dinka youth wearing a piece of printed cloth under his belt, a white plume in his hair and numerous strings of neck beads, with other youths leaping at a dance behind him.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Warab
Group:
Dinka
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Dance , Ornament , Textile
Keyword:
Dance Accessory , Ornament Head , Textile
Activity:
Dancing
Event:
Dance
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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