Dinka homestead shrine

82 x 82 mm | Lantern slide glass

MountDimension:

82 x 82 mm

Condition:

horizontal crack near top [Chris Morton 4/10/2004]

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous Other Number:

V.e.3 (389)

Accession Number:

1967.26.153

Description:

A detail of a spirit shrine within a homestead at Tonga on the Nile, with gourds hanging from one post, and what maybe a flag hanging from another.

Photographer:

Charles Gabriel Seligman

Date of Photo:

?1910

Region:

[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile Tonga

Group:

Dinka

PRM Source:

London School of Economics and Political Science

Acquired:

Donated 1967

Other Owners:

C. G. Seligman slide collection

Class:

Religion , Ritual Object , Insignia

Keyword:

Shrine , ?Flag

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.e.3. Dinka shrine at Tonga (389)"

Note on lantern slide ms ink - "V.e.3. Sudan. Dinka shrine at Tonga. CGS. 389"

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 4/10/2004]

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [13/10/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]