Dinka dance
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panchromatic , Negative film Safety
Same Image As:
2004.131.72.225
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Sudan etc.4.30
Accession Number:
2004.130.36635.1
Description:
A rear upper body view of three Dinka youths wearing ornaments at a funeral near Malakal.
Photographer:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date of Photo:
1939
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile Malakal
Group:
Dinka
PRM Source:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Acquired:
Accepted as Art in Lieu of Inheritance Tax by H.M. Government and allocated to the Pitt Rivers Museum, March 2004
Other Owners:
n/a
Class:
Ornament , Dance , Body Art
Keyword:
Ornament Head , Ornament Neck , Ornament Hair , Body Art Skin
Activity:
Dancing
Event:
Mortuary ritual Funeral
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogue (Thesiger album card) - 'VOL E p.
40/Dinka dancing at a funeral near Malakal' Note on album page ms pencil - "DINKA" (right of album page) [Elin Bornemann 25/5/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [12/12/2003] Christopher Morton [27/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
