Rek Dinka sacrifice
84 x 54 mm | Negative glass plate gelatin
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
2005.51.505.2 - Print gelatin silver , (130 x 81 mm)
2005.51.505.2 - Print gelatin silver , (130 x 81 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.505.1
Description:
A Rek Dinka lamb sacrifice involving the placing of a sacrificed animal on the top of a tall pole as an offering to God and to impetrate rain.
The carcass would be left to be eaten by birds.
The man in the foreground is identified as Malondit, possibly a ritual leader, named after a Dinka spirit.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Warab
Group:
Dinka Rek
NamedPerson:
Malondit
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Ritual
Keyword:
Animal Sheep
Activity:
Ritual Activity
Event:
Sacrifice
Primary Documentation:
Inscription - 'Mr.
Godfrey Dr.
Lienhardt.
Oxford - Anthropology' (on outer envelope containing negatives); '2 Glass negatives - DINKA' (on inner envelope containing negatives) [AN 02/05/2006]
Recorder:
Alex Nadin 02/05/2006
