Dinka ritual
59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
2005.51.201.2 - Print gelatin silver , (57 x 56 mm)
2005.51.201.2 - Print gelatin silver , (57 x 56 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.201
Description:
A Dinka man adopting a warlike pose and brandishing a small uprooted bush towards the camera along a path leading to a homestead, with a group of men behind him kneeling on the ground - possibly as part of a ritual activity.
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:
?Ritual
Activity:
?Ritual Activity
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
