Shilluk homestead
82 x 82 mm | Lantern slide glass
MountDimension:
82 x 82 mm
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous Other Number:
V.g.30 (264)
Accession Number:
1967.26.234
Description:
A family group sitting in the courtyard immediately outside a hut.
The woman sitting in the doorway is wearing an animal skin.
Against the thatch is leaning a raft used to carry objects across rivers, indicating that this homestead is probably close to the Nile.
Photographer:
Charles Gabriel Seligman
Date of Photo:
1909 ?December
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile ?nr Fashoda
Group:
Shilluk
PRM Source:
London School of Economics and Political Science
Acquired:
Donated 1967
Other Owners:
C. G. Seligman slide collection
Class:
Settlement , Shelter , Social Life
Keyword:
Village , 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.g.30. Shilluk village scene"
Note on lantern slide ms ink - "V.g.30. Shilluk village scene. CGS. 264"
Manual catalogue entry (thermofax catalogue copy in folder '27-06 Seligman Slide Collection') - "V.g.30. Shilluk village scene"
Note on lantern slide ms ink - "V.g.30. Shilluk village scene. CGS. 264"
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 [20/10/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
