Rek Dinka cattle camp
57 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.187.2
Description:
A view of a cattle byre shelter in a Rek Dinka cattle camp, with forked branches visible in front of it.
Such posts were utilised both practically, for hanging domestic items and leaning spears against, as well as potentially ritualised objects and the focus for religious observances.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Warab
Group:
Dinka Rek
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Settlement , Shelter , Religion
Keyword:
Cattle Camp , Building Animals , Shrine
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogues - Ms ink note on PRM teaching lantern slide [Lienhardt 4] - "Dinka (Sudan): Rek Dinka: Forked branches in cattle camp" [CM 15/7/2005]
Inscription - ' Godfrey - DINKA 107 prints 105 Black & White' (on envelope containing prints) [AN 05/04/2006]
Inscription - ' Godfrey - DINKA 107 prints 105 Black & White' (on envelope containing prints) [AN 05/04/2006]
Recorder:
Alex Nadin 05/04/2006 [Southern Sudan Project]
