Rek Dinka bull-calf sacrifice
59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.179.1
Description:
A tawny bull-calf (markings known as mayan) tethered to a peg, provided by a spear-master's sister's son, with members of the Pagong and Payi spear-master clans of the Agwok sub-tribe of the Rek Dinka surrounding it.
Libation milk is being poured into a special gourd to the right, which will then be poured over the tethering peg.
The occasion of this sacrifice was the recurring illness of the master of the fishing-spear, this time seemingly brought about by an unclaimed fishing-spear that had turned up in his homestead, said to have been left by a witch.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Warab
Group:
Dinka Rek Agwok
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Ritual , Animal Husbandry , Weapon , Vessel
Keyword:
Animal Cattle , Vessel Gourd , Spear
Activity:
Ritual Activity
Event:
Sacrifice
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
