Mandari youth
55 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver , Paper Velox
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.470.2
Description:
An upper body portrait of a Mandari youth holding a spear, with hair dressed and beads worn in bands across the forehead.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan]
Group:
Mandari
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Weapon , Ornament
Keyword:
Spear , Ornament Head , Ornament Arm , Ornament Neck , Ornament Hair
Primary Documentation:
Inscription - '
Godfrey
- DINKA 150 prints - Black & White (1 photo - coloured)' (on envelope containing prints) [AN 10/04/2006]
Notes on print/mount ms orange pencil - 'A Mandari tribesman Dinkas also have this sort of hairdo'; '2' (on reverse of print) [AN 10/04/2006]
Notes on print/mount ms orange pencil - 'A Mandari tribesman Dinkas also have this sort of hairdo'; '2' (on reverse of print) [AN 10/04/2006]
Recorder:
Alex Nadin 10/04/2006 [Southern Sudan Project]
