Portrait of a Dinka youth
59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
2005.51.96.2 - Print gelatin silver , (57 x 55 mm)
2005.51.96.2 - Print gelatin silver , (57 x 55 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.96.1
Description:
A head-and-shoulders portrait of a Dinka youth with his hair matted but uncovered, wearing a beaded neck ornament.
Behind him is a wall made from stones and mortar, probably a property boundary.
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:
Toilet , Ornament
Keyword:
Hair , Ornament Neck
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
