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.39 (364)

Accession Number:

1967.26.243

Description:

Women and children sitting on the ground surrounded by large gourd and other vessels. The location is said to be a dry season women's settlement, presumably indicating a settlement in which mostly women and children remained after the men and youths had taken the cattle to permanent water. The Seligmans visited villages in the Bor locality in the dry season of 1910, with Archdeacon Shaw acting as guide and interpreter. The reference to the Mai clan is obscure, but may simply be a reference to a dry-season (mai) family grouping.

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:

Vessel , Child Care , Settlement

Keyword:

Vessel Gourd

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.39. Dinka. Dry season camp of women, Mai clan (364)"

Note on lantern slide ms ink - "V.g.39. Dinka. Dry season camp of women, Mai clan. CGS. 364"

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [21/10/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]