Portrait of Shilluk youths

82 x 82 mm | Lantern slide glass

MountDimension:

82 x 82 mm

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous Other Number:

V.h.35 (325)

Accession Number:

1967.26.298

Description:

A group of Shilluk youths near a river or lagoon, with hair styling and ornaments, probably more representative of fashions in 1922 than 1910, the dates of two separate visits to Shilluk country by the Seligmans.

Photographer:

Charles Gabriel Seligman

Date of Photo:

?1922

Region:

[Southern Sudan] ?Upper Nile

Group:

Shilluk

PRM Source:

London School of Economics and Political Science

Acquired:

Donated 1967

Other Owners:

C. G. Seligman slide collection

Class:

Toilet , Ornament , Weapon

Keyword:

Hair , Ornament Arm , Ornament Head , Spear

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.h.35. Nilotic types"

Note on lantern slide ms ink - "V.h.35. Nilotic types. CGS. 325"

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [25/10/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]