Dinka warplay

55 x 53 mm | Print gelatin silver

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
2005.51.170.1 - Negative film nitrate , (59 x 55 mm)

Date of Print:

Unknown

Accession Number:

2005.51.170.2

Description:

A group of dinka men with spears and parrying shields, apparently engaged in warplay with another group, an activity which sometimes accompanied social events between groups.

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:

Social Life , Weapon

Keyword:

Spear , Shield

Activity:

Performing

Event:

Ceremony , Dance

Primary Documentation:

Inscription - ' Godfrey - DINKA 107 prints 105 Black & White' (on envelope containing prints) [AN 05/04/2006]

Recorder:

Alex Nadin 05/04/2006 [Southern Sudan Project]