IDNO

P.50076.ACH2

Description

"?Noviciali elder 60-65, shewing unkempt hair as having recently been in mourning. Brass ornaments in helix of both ears, metal neckrings. Ostrich egg necklace with ivory pendant (nyangoletom), over which hangs bokol or tortoise shell bracelet. Metal depilator hangs around his neck. Prematurely old." [Driberg's caption]

The man's name is possibly "Ogweti, father of Onyik of Achaba, who is about sixty or sixty-five years old", who was an informant for Jack Driberg. (Driberg 1923, p. 33). [JD 04/05/2023]

Place

NE Africa; Sudan; Southern Sudan; ?Didinga Hills

Cultural Affliation

?Didanga

Named Person

?Ogweti

Photographer

?Shepstone, Harold James; Driberg, 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.

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]

Named Person: In Driberg, J.H. 1923. 'The Lango: A Nilotic Tribe of Uganda' (Uganda Civil Service), p.33 he mentions "my informant, Ogweti, father of Onyik of Achaba, who is about sixty or sixty-five years old..."

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]