IDNO

P.50079.ACH2

Description

"Amongin of Lando, wearing typical girl’s ornaments -
1. nikachit or maiden’s apron.
2. single skin
3. loderi or chalcedony labret
4. nyagalit or iron neck ring
5. kebbena or bead necklaces
6. nyarikoich or iron chain necklace.
7. metal wristlets
8. Ornamental cicatrisation (lodingotti)." [Shepstone’s caption]

On Catalogue Card for duplicate lantern slide LS.140695.TC1: "Uganda Borders. 55.62.
Africa, East.
Amongin of Lavdo. Points to be noted
(1) Rikachit or girl's apron, (2) single skin worn over the shoulder by unmarried girls, (3) the Loderi or calcedony [sic 'chalcedony']labret, (4) Nyangalit or iron neck ring, (5) Kelbena or bead necklaces, (6) Nyariloich or iron chain necklace, (7) metal wristlets, (8) Lodingoti or ornamental cicatrisation."

The young women has Lodingoti (cicatrization marks) on her stomach in chevron patterns. These marks are signs are beauty for women. [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

NE Africa; Sudan; Southern Sudan; ?Didinga Hills; Lando

Cultural Affliation

?Didanga

Named Person

Amongin

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.

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]