Dinka cattle byre construction
86 x 138 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.491
Description:
A large Dinka cattle byre under construction, showing a mud wall, interior sleeping platform for men folk and upper ring to support rafters, two of which have been laid across.
Cattle are kept in such shelters at night with dung fires burning to keep away biting insects.
[CM 05/07/2006]
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Warab
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Shelter
Keyword:
Building Animals
Primary Documentation:
Inscription - '
Godfrey
21 prints
18
19
Black & White
DINKA' (on envelope containing prints) [AN 11/04/2006]
Notes on print/mount - '[?Majang Ngor Ngor]'; 'Paliec' (on reverse of print) [AN 11/04/2006]
Notes on print/mount - '[?Majang Ngor Ngor]'; 'Paliec' (on reverse of print) [AN 11/04/2006]
Recorder:
Alex Nadin 11/04/2006 [Southern Sudan Project]
