Dinka wet season hut
59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
2005.51.304.2 - Print gelatin silver , (108 x 156 mm)
2005.51.304.2 - Print gelatin silver , (108 x 156 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.304.1
Description:
A Dinka wet season hut raised on piles with extended grass thatch to take rainwater further away from the walls and social area beneath the hut.
An area of cultivation can be seen to the rear.
In the foreground, clumps of grass growth amidst ponds of rainwater.
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:
Topography , Settlement , Shelter
Keyword:
Rivers & Streams , Village , Building House
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogues - Ms ink note on PRM teaching lantern slide [Lienhardt 13] - "Dinka (Sudan): Dinka wet season hut" [CM 22/7/2005]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
