Dinka man twisting rope
59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
2005.51.253.2 - Print gelatin silver , (58 x 54 mm)
2005.51.253.3 - Print gelatin silver , (59 x 54 mm)
2005.51.253.4 - Print gelatin silver , (56 x 54 mm)
2005.51.253.2 - Print gelatin silver , (58 x 54 mm)
2005.51.253.3 - Print gelatin silver , (59 x 54 mm)
2005.51.253.4 - Print gelatin silver , (56 x 54 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.253.1
Description:
A group of three men sitting in the shade beside a grass-walled shelter, one to the left twisting fibres into lengths of rope.
To the right is a parrying shield with handle that also acts as a tobacco holder.
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:
Cordage , Weapon
Keyword:
Rope , Shield
Activity:
Manufacturing
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogues - Ms ink note on PRM teaching lantern slide [Lienhardt 33] - "Dinka (Sudan): Twisting rope: parrying stick & tobacco holder" [CM 22/7/2005]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
