Dinka man making rope

Dinka man making 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:
2005.51.270.2 - Print gelatin silver , (58 x 55 mm)
2005.51.270.3 - Print gelatin silver , (58 x 55 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown


Accession Number:
2005.51.270.1
Description:
A group of three Dinka men sitting in the shade beside a grass-walled shelter, the one nearest to the camera twisting fibres into a length of rope, held taught by his foot.
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:
Domestic Life , Cordage
Keyword:
Rope
Activity:
Manufacturing
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogues - Ms ink note on PRM teaching lantern slide [Lienhardt 32] - "Dinka (Sudan): Making rope" [CM 22/7/2005]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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