Dinka family group
59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.67
Description:
A group portrait of two Dinka men and a woman, sitting outside the large thatched District Officer's building.
The D.O.
in Gogrial from 1948 was Ranald Boyle (known in Dinka as tim atiep or the shading-tree, which in turn is a metaphor for the black macar cattle colouring).
The men are wearing European style clothes and the woman an Arab style head covering, reflecting the mixture of cultural influences of the period.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Warab Gogrial
Group:
Dinka
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Clothing Headgear
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
