IDNO

P.50067.ACH2

Description

"Heads of clan 3. Lotyana Lotaparimoi of Thuguro. Died of pneumonia 1924. Observe the cicatriciation (lodingoti). [His clothing was provided by the Sudan Government as official recognition of his political position. This comment applies to subsequent heads of clans, whose photographs appear.]" [Shepstone’s caption]

On Catalogue Card for duplicate lantern slide LS.140703.TC1: Uganda Borders. 55.70.
Africa, East. Didinga.
Lotyang Lotaparimoi of Thuguro. Observe the decorative cicatrisation (Lodingoti).

A half-length portrait of Lotyang Lotaperemoi, Chief of Thugoro. The older Didinga man is wearing a circular hat, a labret and a circular neck ornament. Across his chest is what Driberg annotates as decorative cicatrisation known as 'Lodingoti'. He is wearing an open necked shirt which Driberg annotates as government issued.
In the background is Timan Lomingamoi of Idoto, Chief of Pataldo. [LS 25/07/2023]

Place

E Africa; Sudan; Southern Sudan; Didinga Hills; Thuguro Valley [Ango-Egyptian Sudan]

Cultural Affliation

?Didanga

Named Person

Lotyana Lotaparimoi

Photographer

?Shepstone, Harold James; ?Driber, Jack Herbert

Collector / Expedition

Driberg, Jack Herbert

Date

circa 1923 - 1924

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 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]

Bibliographical Reference: In Driberg, J.H. (1922) ‘A preliminary account of the Didinga’, in Sudan Notes and Records . Khartoum: The Sudan Printing Press, pp. 208–215. Driberg lists the Didinga Chiefs present at the time: "The following are the present Didinga Chiefs :— Timan Lomingamoi, Chief of Patalado, Lowath Lopulimoi, Chief of Kademakuch, Mechekedik Loriamoi, Chief of Lakorechoke, Logeramoi, Chief of Lomongole, Lokumamoi, Chief of Bokorora, Loputhuk Aped on gomoi Chief of Laudo, Loyom Lochorimoi, Chief of Morukoiyan, Lotyang Lotaparemoi, Chief of Thuguro"