IDNO

P.49901.DRI

Description

"Logwi village - Lotuko tribe" [Driberg's caption]

Two Otuho men look directly into the lens. The man on the left is dressed in shorts with a small granary by his feet. Behind them both, is a similarly constructed thatched hut. [LS 26/07/23]

Place

NE Africa; South Sudan; Torit District; Lokwi [Sudan]

Cultural Affliation

Otuho [historically Lotuko]

Named Person

Photographer

?Fosbrooke, Henry A.

Collector / Expedition

?Driberg, Jack Herbert

Date

circa ?1912 - ?1921

Collection Name

Driberg CollectionUnmounted Haddon Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.49897.ACH2. to P.49909.ACH2. were found in envelope now marked C210/3/. This was found in another envelope now marked C210/ which came from the wooden drawer 1.

Cultural Group: Lotuko is an alternative name for the Otuho, a cultural group of southern Sudan. Lango is also a cultural group of Torit District, Southern Sudan (distinct from the Lango of Uganda), as well as being an alternative name for the Didinga. [Source: Ethnologue 15th Edition, JD 19/6/2009]

Photographer: The handwriting on the reverse of the prints P.49897.ACH2. to P.49909.ACH2. is the same as the series P.49848.ACH2. to P.49875.ACH2, which has been provisionally assigned to J.H.Driberg, and the dates circa 1912 - 1921. The Photographer and Date fields have been amended accordingly. [JD 19/6/2009]