Dinka forge

82 x 82 mm | Lantern slide glass

MountDimension:

82 x 82 mm

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous Other Number:

V.d.11 (408)

Accession Number:

1967.26.143

Description:

A group of Dinka men sitting behind a shelter, one operating a clay bellows with his fingers. Another man seems to be heating an iron object in a fire to work it further. The Dinka obtained metal by trade and worked it using such small forges into spear-heads and other items. The location of this image is probably the Shambe area.

Photographer:

Charles Gabriel Seligman

Date of Photo:

1910 February

Region:

[Southern Sudan] El Buheyrat ?Shambe

Group:

Dinka ?Cic

PRM Source:

London School of Economics and Political Science

Acquired:

Donated 1967

Other Owners:

C. G. Seligman slide collection

Class:

Fire , Industry , Metalwork

Keyword:

Forge

Activity:

Manufacturing , Metalworking

Documentation:

Manual Catalogue in Related Documents File

Primary Documentation:

Accession Book Entry - [1967.26] THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, HOUGHTON STREET, ALDWYCH, LONDON, W.C.E. PER MR ANTHONY FORGE - SUDAN. Box containing 309 lantern slides (3 1/4” x 3 1/4”) made from photographs taken by the late Professor C. G. SELIGMAN in various parts of the SUDAN. All slides numbered and labelled. Catalogue in file (“Seligman Slide Collection”). Additional Accession Book Entry - [in pencil] 18 Parks Rd.

Manual catalogue entry (thermofax catalogue copy in folder '27-06 Seligman Slide Collection') - "V.d.11. Dinka. Iron working (408)"

Note on lantern slide - "V.d.11. Dinka. Iron working (408) CGS. 408"

Other Information:

Suggested dates for the images are based upon a summary of the Seligman diary entries compiled by Dr Fran Larson in the related documents file. [Chris Morton 6/10/2004]

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [12/10/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]