IDNO

LS.140698.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Uganda Borders. 55.65.
Africa, East. Didinga.
Alukileng, rain controller of the Didinga.

Full-length portrait of Alukileng, rain controller of the Didinga. The 40-year man is wearing a locally sourced fabric on his forehead, with a customary sash worn around his neck. His hand is adorned with a small local shield. In the background is a flat, savannah-like terrain with some vegetation. [LS 25/07/23]

Place

E Africa; Uganda; South Sudan; Didinga Mountains [Ango-Egyptian Sudan]

Cultural Affliation

Didinga

Named Person

Alukileng (Aluhileng); Lotum Lopungami

Photographer

Driberg, Jack Herbert

Collector / Expedition

Date

1923

Collection Name

Teaching Slide Collection

Source

Driberg, Jack Herbert

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Bibliographical Reference: ‪Driberg‪‬, Jack Herbert, 1930. People of the Small Arrow (George Routledge & Sons, London). See Chapter 'Rainmaker', pp.86 -101.
On p.89 it is noted "Alukileng, the Rainmaker, the son of Lotum Lopungami, was a tall proud man in his forties." [JD 14/06/2018]

Facebook Publication: This image paired with LS.140699.TC1 published on 'The Didinga Mountains' Facebook group on 28th March 2023, with the caption: "Alukileng (Aluhileng), the Rainmaker, the son of Lotum Lopungamoi, 1925.
He was a tall proud man in his forties from Lotukei.
Alukileng, rain controller of the Didinga - for his history see People of the Small Arrow, p. 89.
After his move to the north, living close to the Longarim he has, to some extent, adopted Longarim ornaments and mode of dressing his hair. The skin bag which he keeps his rain wand and rain stones in, is seen in slide 65."
36 Likes; 0 Shares; 6 Comments. [Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DidingaMountains/, JD 28/07/2023]