Portrait of a Shilluk youth

82 x 82 mm | Lantern slide glass

MountDimension:

82 x 82 mm

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous Other Number:

V.b.4

Accession Number:

1967.26.21

Description:

A physical anthropology upper body profile portrait of a Shilluk youth with elaborate coiffure and ornaments, probably photographed during the Seligman's enquiries at Kodok in late 1909. The number 20 can be seen pinned to the backdrop set up against the exterior wall of a brick building.

Photographer:

Charles Gabriel Seligman

Date of Photo:

?1909 December

Region:

[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile ?Kodok

Group:

Shilluk

Publication History:

Contemporary Publication - Reproduced (cropped) as Plate III/1b (facing page 38) in C.G. & B. Seligman's Pagan Tribes of the Nilotic Sudan (London, Routledge 1932), with the caption "Shilluk types...1. Average" [CM 2/9/2005]

PRM Source:

London School of Economics and Political Science

Acquired:

Donated 1967

Other Owners:

C. G. Seligman slide collection

Class:

Physical Anthropology , Ornament , Toilet

Keyword:

Ornament Neck , Hair

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.b.4. Shilluk type"

Note on lantern slide - "V.b.4. Sudan. Shilluk type. CGS."

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 1/10/2004]

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [1/10/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]