IDNO

P.48878.ACH2

Description

“Group of girls of Atwot Dinkas. Two dressed in grass Kirtle for dancing.” The central two girls have small gourds worn over their ears to protect their newly pierced ears. Near Atwot Fort, Bahr el Ghazal.” [Greenwood’s? annotation, JD 16/10/2009]

Place

NE Africa; South Sudan; Bahr el Ghazal; Atwot Fort [Sudan]

Cultural Affliation

Dinka

Named Person

Photographer

Greenwood, Ronald Charles (Captain H.L.I.)

Collector / Expedition

Date

1911

Collection Name

Unmounted Haddon Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

The print was found in envelope now marked C157/2/3/. This envelope was found in drawer 2 of the green cabinet. The entire cabinet was previously numbered as “batch 143” and is now re-numbered C157/ by the transcriber.

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