IDNO

LS.140700.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Uganda Borders. 55.67.
Africa, East.
Lowath Lopulimoi - for his history see People of the Small Arrow, p. 9ff.

A half-length portrait of Lowath Lopulimoi - Chief of Kademakuch. The older Didinga man's lip is adorned with a labret, he wears ear ornaments and a chain neck ornament. He is wearing a open necked shirt.
In the background are three other men, including Timan Lomingamoi of Idoto. [LS 25/07.23]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Didinga

Named Person

Lowath Lopulimoi, Chief of Kademakuch; Timan Lomingamoi of Idoto, Chief of Pataldo

Photographer

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 'The Drums', p.9, where it is noted:
"Lopulimoi, whose first name was Lowath, was a man of nearly fifty years, tall and thin, unusually long-armed and long-legged." [JD 14/06/2018]

Bibliographical Reference: In Driberg, J.H. (1922) ‘A preliminary account of the Didinga’, in Sudan Notes and Records . Khartoum: The Sudan Printing Press, pp. 208–215. Driberg lists the Didinga Chiefs present at the time: "The following are the present Didinga Chiefs :— Timan Lomingamoi, Chief of Patalado, Lowath Lopulimoi, Chief of Kademakuch, Mechekedik Loriamoi, Chief of Lakorechoke, Logeramoi, Chief of Lomongole, Lokumamoi, Chief of Bokorora, Loputhuk Aped on gomoi Chief of Laudo, Loyom Lochorimoi, Chief of Morukoiyan, Lotyang Lotaparemoi, Chief of Thuguro"