Rek Dinka ox sacrifice
57 x 56 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.174.2
Description:
A light coloured ox strains at its tethers whilst a Dinka man struggles to pacifiy it, with others gathered beyond looking on.
An already sacrificed dark ox lies nearby, branches of dhot foliage laid across it.
This ox, sacrificed just before Lienhardt (whose Dinka ox-name was Thienydeng) arrived at the homestead was a muor yath, a bull of the clan-divinity.
The white ox awaiting sacrifice was a muor nhialic, the ox of Divinity.
The occasion was the funeral ceremonies of an old master of the fishing-spear of the Agwok tribe of the Rek Dinka, held in a village on the boundary between the Agwok and that of the close neighbouring Apuk.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Warab
Group:
Dinka Rek Agwok
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Ritual , Death
Keyword:
Animal Cattle
Activity:
Ritual Activity
Event:
Sacrifice
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]
