IDNO

P.48880.ACH2

Description

“Atwot Dinka girl. The grass skirt is put on specially for a dance. 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: Location assumed to be Atwot Fort due to similarities between this image and that of P.48878.ACH2, where this location is given. [GB 15/6/2000]

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]