IDNO

LS.140699.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Uganda Borders. 55.66.
Africa, East. Didinga.
Alukileng, rain controller of the Didinga - for his history see People of the Small Arrow, p. 89ff. 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. The headband of
(see next slide) [i.e. card]
beads in slide 68 is in a Longarim pattern. The baboon skin cape such as is worn by the man behund him in slide 66 may not be assumed by anyone below the status of senior warrior.

On Print for duplicate image P.50062.ACH2: "Alukileng, hereditary rain-controller. Baboon-skin capes, such as is worn by the man behind him, may only not be assumed by any below the status of senior warrior" [Shepstone’s caption]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Didinga

Named Person

Alukileng (Aluhileng); Lotum Lopungami

Photographer

?Shepstone, Harold James; Driberg, Jack Herbert

Collector / Expedition

Date

1925

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.140698.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]