Portrait of a Shilluk youth
59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
2005.51.382.2 - Print gelatin silver , (54 x 54 mm)
2005.51.382.2 - Print gelatin silver , (54 x 54 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.382.1
Description:
An upper body portrait of a Shilluk youth with characteristic dotted scarifications on the forehead, wearing shirt and shorts, sitting on the brick foundation of a colonial building with mesh windows.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Warab
Group:
Shilluk
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Shelter , Colonial , Body Art
Keyword:
Building , Body Art Skin
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
