Shilluk island village
59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
2005.51.132.2 - Print gelatin silver , (111 x 156 mm)
2005.51.132.2 - Print gelatin silver , (111 x 156 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.132.1
Description:
A Shilluk cattle herding village located on an island in the river.
The huts of the homesteds are formed into a circle surrounding a central cattle pen area in the centre.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile
Group:
Shilluk
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Settlement , Animal Husbandry
Keyword:
Village , Cattle Camp
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogues - Ms ink note on PRM teaching lantern slide [Lienhardt 43] - "Shilluk (Sudan): Permanent cattle herding village on island" [CM 15/7/2005]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
