Dinka dry-season camp

82 x 82 mm | Lantern slide glass

MountDimension:

82 x 82 mm

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous Other Number:

V.g.11 (399)

Accession Number:

1967.26.215

Description:

A view across a dry-season Dinka cattle camp at Bor. The ashen remains of cattle hearths surrounded by posts can be seen dotted about, helping to keep pests at bay. A thornwood brush fence can be seen in the foreground and also surrounding the kraal on the far side. The reference to the Mai clan is obscure, but may simply be a reference to a dry-season (mai) family grouping. The Seligmans visited villages in the Bor locality in the dry season of 1910, with Archdeacon Shaw acting as guide and interpreter.

Photographer:

Charles Gabriel Seligman

Date of Photo:

1910

Region:

[Southern Sudan] Jonglei Bor

Group:

Dinka Bor

PRM Source:

London School of Economics and Political Science

Acquired:

Donated 1967

Other Owners:

C. G. Seligman slide collection

Class:

Settlement

Keyword:

Cattle Camp

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.g.11. Dinka cattle kraal. Mai clan (399)"

Note on lantern slide ms ink - "V.g.11. Dinka cattle kraal. CGS. 399"

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [19/10/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]