Portrait of a Shilluk youth
54 x 54 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
2005.51.382.1 - Negative film nitrate , (59 x 55 mm)
2005.51.382.1 - Negative film nitrate , (59 x 55 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.382.2
Description:
An upper body portrait of a Shilluk youth with characteristic dotted scarifications on the forehead, wearing shirt and shorts, sitting on the brick foundation of a colonial building with mesh windows.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Warab
Group:
Shilluk
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Shelter , Colonial , Body Art
Keyword:
Building , Body Art Skin
Primary Documentation:
Inscription - '
Godfrey
- DINKA 150 prints - Black & White (1 photo - coloured)' (on envelope containing prints) [AN 07/04/2006]
Recorder:
Alex Nadin 07/04/2006 [Southern Sudan Project]
