Rek Dinka sacrifice
130 x 81 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
2005.51.505.1 - Negative glass plate gelatin , (84 x 54 mm)
2005.51.505.1 - Negative glass plate gelatin , (84 x 54 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.505.2
Description:
A Rek Dinka lamb sacrifice involving the placing of a sacrificed animal on the top of a tall pole as an offering to God and to impetrate rain.
The carcass would be left to be eaten by birds.
The man in the foreground is identified as Malondit, possibly a ritual leader, named after a Dinka spirit.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Warab
Group:
Dinka Rek
NamedPerson:
Malondit
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Ritual
Keyword:
Animal Sheep
Activity:
Ritual Activity
Event:
Sacrifice
Primary Documentation:
Inscription - '
Godfrey
94
93 Prints' (on envelope containing prints) [AN 19/04/2006]
Notes on print/mount - ' Dinka Rek The sacrifice of the lamb: it is hanged on a pole to propitiate God and to impetrate rain. The lamb will be eaten by birds'; 'In the foreground: Malondit' (on reverse of postcard) [AN 19/04/2006]
Notes on print/mount - ' Dinka Rek The sacrifice of the lamb: it is hanged on a pole to propitiate God and to impetrate rain. The lamb will be eaten by birds'; 'In the foreground: Malondit' (on reverse of postcard) [AN 19/04/2006]
Recorder:
Alex Nadin 19/04/2006 [Southern Sudan Project]
