IDNO

LS.140701.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Uganda Borders. 55.68.
Africa, East. Didinga.
Timan Lomingamoi of Idoto. Note the beard and curved labret, both common among the Didinga. His clothing was provided by the Sudan Government as official recognition of his political position.

A half-length portrait of Timan Lomingamoi of Idoto, a Didinga Chief of Pataldo. The older man is wearing an Islamic style thobe (cap) and taqiyah (robe), annotated by Driberg as being issued by the in government. He is bearded and wears a labret.
In the background are two other men and an empty chair. [LS 25/7/23]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Didinga

Named Person

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), pp. 141-42; 210. [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"