IDNO

P.6876.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: cattle
Dinka

On Catalogue Card for duplicate image LS.135743.TC1: Dinka. 59.D.12. LIII.Dinka 12.
Dinka cattle.

Place

NE Africa; South Sudan; near Bor [Sudan]

Cultural Affliation

Dinka

Named Person

Photographer

?Seligman, Charles Gabriel

Collector / Expedition

Date

1911 - 1912

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon Collection

Source

Seligman, Charles Gabriel S. (Prof.)

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being “NE Africa; Sudan; near Bor”, but South Sudan, where Bor is located, gained political independence from Sudan in 2011. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [JD 08/01/2017 ]

CUMAA Exhibition: A reproduction of this image was displayed in Collected Sights in the section Africa with the descriptive label:
“Dinka cattle. ‘The Dinka is never so happy as when watching, tending, and talking cattle’ wrote the Seligmans in 1932 to emphasise the importance of cattle wealth in Dinka economy.” [Sudeshna Guha 26/11/02]

Exhibited in “Currency in Africa”, hosted from June 2005-February 2006, captioned Photograph: Dinka cattle, near Bor, Sudan. Photographer: C.G. Seligman, 1911-12. P.6876.ACH1.” [F. Veys, 19/7/2006]