Dinka boys after initiation
59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
2005.51.73.2 - Print gelatin silver , (55 x 55 mm)
2005.51.73.3 - Print gelatin silver , (53 x 54 mm)
2005.51.73.2 - Print gelatin silver , (55 x 55 mm)
2005.51.73.3 - Print gelatin silver , (53 x 54 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.73.1
Description:
A group of boys wearing small mat coverings over their newly made head scars and carrying parrying shields, with women (perhaps mothers) in the foreground.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Warab
Group:
Dinka
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Body Art , Ritual
Event:
Ceremony Initiation
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogues - Ms ink note on PRM teaching lantern slide [Lienhardt 30] - "Boys after initiation" [CM 15/7/2005]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]