IDNO

P.50018.ACH2

Description

"Mixed group of Topotha & Didinga. The two central figures of this front row are Didinga, the rest are Topotha. A common method of carrying sandals is shown. Sandals are used both for walking & as a parrying shield in emergency. They are mostly seated on neck-rests." [Shepstone’s caption]

On Catalogue Card for duplicate image LS.140710.TC1: Uganda Borders. 55.77.
Africa, East.
A mixed group of Didinga and Topotha. The two central figures in the front row are Didinga. The men are using their neck rests as stools. The slide shows the method of carrying sandals on the arm when not in use. Sandals may also be used for parrying blows or spears.

Place

NE Africa; Sudan; southern Sudan; ?Didinga Hills; ?Loyooro River

Cultural Affliation

Didinga; Toposa [historically Topotha]

Named Person

Photographer

?Shepstone, Harold James; ?Driber, Jack Herbert

Collector / Expedition

?Driberg, Jack Herbert

Date

1925

Collection Name

Unmounted Haddon Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.50014.ACH2. to P.50110.ACH2. were found in envelope now marked C210/7/. 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", but the envelope is inscribed as "Didinga", which is a cultural group of southern Sudan. The Toposa have a ritual centre at Loyooro River. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [Source: Ethnologue 15th Edition, JD 2/6/2009]

Date: The prints, P.50017.ACH2 and P.50052.ACH2, from the same series have a stamp dated "22 No 1927" adhered to their reverse. Prints P.50044.ACH2 and P.50053.ACH2 are inscribed with "9-6-32". P.50054.ACH2 is inscribed Feb 1923. Therefore the date circa 1923 - 1932 has been added to the other prints from the series. [JD 11/6/2009]

Photographer: Prints P.50018.ACH2, P.50070.ACH2, and P.50091.ACH2 are signed on the reverse with "H.J. Shepstone". Prints P.50044.ACH2 and P.50046.ACH2 are stamped on the reverse with "From H. J. Shepstone. 139 Broomwood Road, Clapham Common, London S.W." This name has been added to the Photographer’s field. [JD 11/6/2009]

Photographer: Harold James Shepstone (1874 - 1951) was a journalist and naturalist photographer based in Clapham Common, London. Shepstone wrote a number of articles for the Scientific American journal, as well as adventure stories for younger readers. [JD 04/05/2023]

Place and Photographer: Matching this series of prints to the duplicate images in Lanternslide drawers LS.55.TC1 - LS.57.TC1 indicates that the photographs relate to Jack Driberg's fieldwork in South Sudan, 1922-1927. The Place, Photographer, and Date fields have been updated accordingly. [JD 15/06/2018]