Portrait of a Dinka child
59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.148
Description:
A small Dinka child holding a woman's hand, wearing a number of objects suspended from the neck, possibly to ward away diseases of childhood.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Warab
Group:
Dinka
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Ornament , Ritual Object , Child Care
Keyword:
Ornament Neck
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
