Dinka youths drumming at dance
59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.393
Description:
A Dinka youth wearing shorts playing a hide-covered drum with a wooden beater at a dance gathering, whilst an older youth plays the larger drum to the right.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Warab
Group:
Dinka
Notes:
Lienhardt took another portrait of this youth, possibly at the same event: 2005.51.331.
[CM 28/7/2005]
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Music
Keyword:
Musical Instrument Drum
Activity:
Performing
Event:
Dance
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
