Dinka group dancing
59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.287
Description:
In the foreground two youths perform leaping movements with bells attached to their legs and sprigs in their hands, whilst further off a girl and a line of other children are dancing.
Just visible in the background over the closest youths shoulder is a tall metal pole.
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 , Music
Keyword:
Dance Accessory , Musical Instrument Bell / Rattle
Activity:
Dancing
Event:
Dance
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
