Dinka hut and grave

82 x 82 mm | Lantern slide glass

MountDimension:

82 x 82 mm

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous Other Number:

V.e.7 (391)

Accession Number:

1967.26.157

Description:

A Dinka homestead, possibly in the vicinity of Bor, with a small thatched cone placed over a grave next to the entrance of a hut, probably a man's grave. Among certain Dinka groups it was said that women were buried within the hut and older men in the cattle pen.

Photographer:

Charles Gabriel Seligman

Date of Photo:

?1910

Region:

[Southern Sudan] Jonglei ?Bor

Group:

Dinka ?Paliet

PRM Source:

London School of Economics and Political Science

Acquired:

Donated 1967

Other Owners:

C. G. Seligman slide collection

Class:

Death , Shelter

Keyword:

Grave , Grave Marker , Building House

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.7. Dinka grave in Tain village"

Note on lantern slide ms ink - "V.e.7. Dinka grave in Tain village. CGS. 391"

Other Information:

Tain Dinka might be another term for Tainbour which is an alternative name for the Paliet dialect of southwestern Dinka language. This information from Ethnologue. [Chris Morton 13/10/2004]

Recorder:

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