IDNO

P.49996.ACH2

Description

"Graves of the Korongo Nuba with earthenware pots marking the places of the graves." [Photographer’s? caption]

Place

NE Africa; Sudan; South Kurdufan Province; Krongo Hills [Kordofan Province]

Cultural Affliation

Nubian; Krongo

Named Person

Photographer

Driberg, Jack Herbert

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa ?1930 - ?1940

Collection Name

Unmounted Haddon Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.49940.ACH2. to P.50013.ACH2. were found in envelope now marked C210/6/. This was found in another envelope now marked C210/ which came from the wooden drawer 1.

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being "Africa; North East Africa; ?Sudan", but the photograph is part of a series of images from the Nuba Mountains in northern Sudan. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [JD 10/6/2009]

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being "NE Africa; Sudan; northern Sudan; Kordofan Province; Nuba Mountains... ", but Kordofan, also spelt Kurdufan, is a former province of central Sudan. In 1994 it was divided into three new federal states: North Kurdufan, South Kurdufan, and West Kurdufan. In August 2005,[1] West Kurdufan State was abolished and its territory divided between North and South Kurdufan States, as part of the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement. West Kurdufan was reestablished in July 2013. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [JD 10/01/2017]

Date: The photograph is part of a series of images probably taken in the 1930s based on the European women’s dress and hair styles in images P.49964.ACH2 and P.49979.ACH2. [JD 10/6/2009]