Dinka homestead
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82 x 82 mm | Lantern slide glass
MountDimension:
82 x 82 mm
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous Other Number:
V.g.38 (362)
Accession Number:
1967.26.242
Description:
A Dinka village homestead with two huts, probably near Bor.
Two women can be seen standing next to a number of pots on the far side of the courtyard, near to its entrance way.
Photographer:
Charles Gabriel Seligman
Date of Photo:
1910
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Jonglei ?nr. Bor
Group:
Dinka ?Paliet
PRM Source:
London School of Economics and Political Science
Acquired:
Donated 1967
Other Owners:
C. G. Seligman slide collection
Class:
Settlement , Shelter
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.38. Dinka - Tain village"
Note on lantern slide ms ink - "V.g.38. Dinka - Tain village. CGS. 362"
Manual catalogue entry (thermofax catalogue copy in folder '27-06 Seligman Slide Collection') - "V.g.38. Dinka - Tain village"
Note on lantern slide ms ink - "V.g.38. Dinka - Tain village. CGS. 362"
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 19/10/2004] A near number in the Seligman photograph series, 356, is located at Bor, so this image was probably taken in the near vicinity.
[Chris Morton 13/10/2004]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [21/10/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]