IDNO

P.50068.ACH2

Description

"Heads of clan 2. Loxumamoi of Bokorora. For comments see earlier photograph. [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.140702.TC1: Uganda Borders. 55.69.
Africa, East.
Lokumanoi of Bokorora, status of Senior Elder, age 80-85, the tortoise shell breast ornament (Bokol) being reserved for the status of Senior Elder. The type of twisted metal labret worn by him was considered old-fashioned in 1926. Despite his age and arthritic condition he is very active and energetic, and could walk over 20 miles at a good pace in mountainous country.

A half-length portrait of Chief Lokumamoi of Bokorora. An elderly Didinga man wearing several ear ornaments and a twisted metal labret which Driberg annotates as being old-fashioned in 1926. He is wearing three local neck ornaments - a circular neck cuff, a looser beaded ornament and a pendant with a stone. He is also wearing an open shirt which Driberg annotates as being government issued. In the background is Timan Lomingamoi of Idoto Chief of Pataldo and Lotyang Lotaperemoi, Chief of Thugoro. [LS 25/07/23]

Place

NE Africa; Sudan; Southern Sudan; Didinga Hills; Bokorora

Cultural Affliation

?Didanga

Named Person

Lokumamoi, Chief of Bokorora; Timan Lomingamoi of Idoto Chief of Pataldo; Lotyang Lotaperemoi, Chief of Thugoro

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.

Related Object: A similar tortoise shell breast ornament was collected by Driberg and is now in the care of the Powell-Cotton Museum.
[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]

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"