IDNO

P.50080.ACH2

Description

"Matron & her young sister. A married woman wears two skins as shown, one round her waist, the other slung over her shoulder, the former worn fully tanned & its edges decorated with seeds, beads & shells. An unmarried girl wears the rikachit or apron of ostrich egg shell chipped into discs (or of other white shell) with a lower border of dark seeds. She may also wear a small skin slung over the shoulder. The younger girl happens to be a cripple with spinal troubles & is therefore permitted to carry a stool which is unusual for women." [Shepstone’s caption]

On Catalogue Card for duplicate lantern slide LS.140709.TC1: Uganda Borders. 55.76.
Africa, East. Didinga.
Didinga woman and crippled girl. The woman wears 2 skins as shown, one round her waist, the other slung over her shoulder. The former is more finely tanned and its edges are generally decorated with seeds or beads or shells. The unmarried girl as in the slide wears the Rikachit. She may also wear a small skin slung over her shoulder. (see next card)
but no skin round her waist. In this case the younger girl happens to be a cripple with spinal trouble and is therefore allowed to carry a stool, which is unusual for women.

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.

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]