Dinka men preparing a skin
59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
2005.51.135.2 - Print gelatin silver , (58 x 54 mm)
2005.51.135.3 - Print gelatin silver , (58 x 52 mm)
2005.51.135.4 - Print gelatin silver , (56 x 54 mm)
2005.51.135.5 - Print gelatin silver , (59 x 55 mm)
2005.51.135.6 - Print gelatin silver , (154 x 111 mm)
2005.51.135.2 - Print gelatin silver , (58 x 54 mm)
2005.51.135.3 - Print gelatin silver , (58 x 52 mm)
2005.51.135.4 - Print gelatin silver , (56 x 54 mm)
2005.51.135.5 - Print gelatin silver , (59 x 55 mm)
2005.51.135.6 - Print gelatin silver , (154 x 111 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.135.1
Description:
Three Dinka sitting next to a pegged-out goat skin, one of whom is shaving the hair off it with a metal tool.
Such skins have a wide variety of uses, such as clothing and bags.
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:
Skin Preparation
Activity:
Manufacturing
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogues - Ms ink note on PRM teaching lantern slide [Lienhardt 31] - "Dinka (Sudan): Preparing a skin" [CM 15/7/2005]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
