Rek Dinka cattle camp
59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
2005.51.187.2 - Print gelatin silver , (57 x 55 mm)
2005.51.187.2 - Print gelatin silver , (57 x 55 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.187
Description:
A view of a cattle byre shelter in a Rek Dinka cattle camp, with forked branches visible in front of it.
Such posts were utilised both practically, for hanging domestic items and leaning spears against, as well as potentially ritualised objects and the focus for religious observances.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Warab
Group:
Dinka Rek
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Settlement , Shelter , Religion
Keyword:
Cattle Camp , Building Animals , Shrine
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogues - Ms ink note on PRM teaching lantern slide [Lienhardt 4] - "Dinka (Sudan): Rek Dinka: Forked branches in cattle camp" [CM 15/7/2005]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
