Dinka display oxen
59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
2005.51.310.2 - Print gelatin silver , (115 x 138 mm)
2005.51.310.3 - Print gelatin silver , (108 x 155 mm)
2005.51.310.2 - Print gelatin silver , (115 x 138 mm)
2005.51.310.3 - Print gelatin silver , (108 x 155 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.310.1
Description:
Several young men leading two display oxen down a path, with tall millet plants and a homestead in the background.
The front ox is tawny coloured with large upcurving horns, the one behind is dappled black and white with the left horn trained across the muzzle, a tassle on the right horn, and a large hump.
The owners of these prized animals walk close behind them, carrying spear and shield, and probably singing the praises of the animal and its beauty, or else shouting out their ox-name (myoc).
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:
Animal Husbandry , Agriculture and Horticulture
Keyword:
Animal Cattle , Crop Millet
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
