Dinka man and woman
57 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.457.1
Description:
A three-quarter length portrait of an unmarried Rek Dinka man and woman standing under trees.
The man is wearing a textile head covering with dark feathers at the sides, as well as metal arm rings.
The woman is also wearing metal arm rings, as well as beaded waist strings.
[CM 04/07/2006]
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Warab
Group:
Dinka Rek
Publication History:
Contemporary Publication - A cropped version is reproduced as Plate II (facing page 17) in Godfrey Lienhardt's Divinity and Experience: the religion of the Dinka (Oxford University Press 1961), with the caption 'Rek Dinka: unmarried man and girl'.
[CM 05/07/2006]
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Clothing Headgear
Primary Documentation:
Inscription - '
Godfrey
- DINKA 150 prints - Black & White (1 photo - coloured)' (on envelope containing prints) [AN 07/04/2006]
Notes on print/mount - 'A couple - girl hand picked by me as a beauty. Good taste?' (on reverse of print) [AN 07/04/2006]
Notes on print/mount - 'A couple - girl hand picked by me as a beauty. Good taste?' (on reverse of print) [AN 07/04/2006]
Recorder:
Alex Nadin 07/04/2006 [Southern Sudan Project]
