Dinka youths dancing
59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
2005.51.97.2 - Print gelatin silver , (113 x 116 mm)
2005.51.97.2 - Print gelatin silver , (113 x 116 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.97.1
Description:
A group of youths dancing, their bodies smeared with ash, holding various objects, including a parrying shield, sticks and a small tree sprig.
Several are wearing small leopard-skin dance belts, known as dhok.
Another group of youths sit on the grass nearby watching.
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:
Dance , Ritual , Clothing Skin
Keyword:
Dance Accessory
Activity:
Dancing
Event:
Dance , Ceremony
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
