View of Akurwa, Shilluk village

82 x 82 mm | Lantern slide glass

MountDimension:

82 x 82 mm

Condition:

slide broken and wrapped in paper [Chris Morton 20/10/2004]

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous Other Number:

V.g.32 (268)

Accession Number:

1967.26.236

Description:

A homestead at Akurwa village, the site of one of the ten shrine enclosures of the founder of the Shilluk nation, Nyakang. The village was visited by the Seligmans in 1910. The Akurwa shrine sheltered the important ritual four-legged stool and effigy of Nyakang, used in the installation of the new reth at Fenikang. The homestead seen here is a grouping of several huts joined by short woven grass fences into a larger extended kin dwelling. The hut to the left has a more elaborate woven apex decoration.

Photographer:

Charles Gabriel Seligman

Date of Photo:

1909 ?December

Region:

[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile Akurwa

Group:

Shilluk

PRM Source:

London School of Economics and Political Science

Acquired:

Donated 1967

Other Owners:

C. G. Seligman slide collection

Class:

Settlement

Keyword:

Village

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.32. Shilluk, Akurwa village. (268)"

Note on lantern slide ms ink - "V.g.32. Shilluk, Akurwa village. CGS. 268"

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]