Potrait of ?Anuak man
59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
2005.51.207.2 - Print gelatin silver , (59 x 55 mm)
2005.51.207.2 - Print gelatin silver , (59 x 55 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.207.1
Description:
An upper body portrait of a man in a fenced homestead courtyard, possibly in Anuak country.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
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
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
