?Anuak mother and child
59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.144.1
Description:
A portrait of a mother and child, possibly taken during Lienhardt's research in Anuakland.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1952 - 1954
Region:
[Southern Sudan] ?Jonglei
Group:
?Anuak
Notes:
Biographical Information - Godfrey Lienhardt carried out fieldwork among the Anuak during 1952-1954 as a Research Fellow of the International African Institute, with funding intially provided by UNESCO for the study of African cosmological ideas and social values.
He later wrote a two-part article entitled 'Anuak Village Headmen' (
Africa: Journal of the International African Institute
.
1957.
27(4).
pp.341-355 & 1958.
28(1).
pp.23-26.
[CM 15/7/2005]
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Child Care , Toilet , Ornament
Keyword:
Hair , Ornament Arm
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
