IDNO

P.50059.ACH2

Description

"Didinga males, those entitled to do so sitting using their neckrests as stools. Note the short spear (nyatubot [now spelt Nyetubot]), one of the weapons used by Didinga & Topotha warriors. It is used as a slashing weapon; also as an implement for cutting up meat." [Shepstone’s caption]

On Catalogue Card for duplicate lantern slide LS.140715.TC1: Uganda Borders. 55.82.
Africa, East. Didinga.
Didinga young men mostly of the warrior status. Notice the Nyatubot [now spelt Nyetubot] or short spear which several hold. It is both a slashing weapon and an implement for cutting up meat. It is also used by the Longarim and Topotha.

Place

NE Africa; Sudan; Southern Sudan; ?Didinga Hills

Cultural Affliation

?Didanga

Named Person

Photographer

?Shepstone, Harold James; ?Driber, Jack Herbert

Collector / Expedition

?Driberg, Jack Herbert

Date

circa 1923 - 1932

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.

Context: The contemporary Didanga spelling is Nyetubot for the short spear. The nyetubot is made by a local smith during dry season when there is no farming.
[Knowledge shared by Nalimaakono Odeng Lomujalamoi, Didinga Heritage & Cultural Preservation (The Didinga Mountains Facebook Page) and Researcher and Historian of Didinga Peoples Stories and History, JD 31/10/2023]

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being "Africa", but the envelope is inscribed with Didinga, Longarim, and Topotha, which are cultural groups of southern Sudan. 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]