Potrait of ?Anuak boy

59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
2005.51.225.2 - Print gelatin silver , (58 x 54 mm)

Date of Print:

Unknown

Accession Number:

2005.51.225.1

Description:

An upper body portrait of a (possibly Anuak) boy standing in a fenced homestead courtyard, possibly in Anuak country.

Photographer:

Godfrey Lienhardt

Date of Photo:

1952 - 1954

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

Class:

Ornament

Keyword:

Ornament Neck

Recorder:

Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]