IDNO

P.48890.ACH2

Description

A Dinka man on a boulder by a river standing in a position of rest on one leg, and possibly as a lookout. The man wears a feather? headdress, and holds a club and two spears. [JD 16/10/2009]

Place

NE Africa; South Sudan; Bahr el Ghazal; ?Naam River [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 “Africa; North East Africa; Sudan; ?Bahr el Ghahal Region”, but it is possibly part of a series of images from Naam River. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [JD 16/10/2009]

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]