Potrait of ?Anuak man
58 x 54 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
2005.51.208.1 - Negative film nitrate , (59 x 55 mm)
2005.51.208.1 - Negative film nitrate , (59 x 55 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.208.2
Description:
A portrait of a man sitting in a fenced homestead courtyard, possibly in Anuak country.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] ?Jonglei
Group:
?Anuak
Notes:
Biographical Information - Godfrey Lienhardt carried out fieldwork among the Anuak during 1952-1954 as a Research Fellow of the International African Institute, with funding intially provided by UNESCO for the study of African cosmological ideas and social values.
He later wrote a two-part article entitled 'Anuak Village Headmen' (
Africa: Journal of the International African Institute
.
1957.
27(4).
pp.341-355 & 1958.
28(1).
pp.23-26.
[CM 15/7/2005]
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Furnishings
Primary Documentation:
Inscription - '
Godfrey
94
93 Prints' (on envelope containing prints) [AN 11/04/2006]
Recorder:
Alex Nadin 11/04/2006 [Southern Sudan Project]
