IDNO

LS.140703.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Uganda Borders. 55.70.
Africa, East. Didinga.
Lotyang Lotaparimoi of Thuguro. Observe the decorative cicatrisation (Lodingoti).

On Print for duplicate image P.50067.ACH2: "Heads of clan 3. Lotyana Lotaparimoi of Thuguro. Died of pneumonia 1924. Observe the cicatriciation (lodingoti). [His clothing was provided by the Sudan Government as official recognition of his political position. This comment applies to subsequent heads of clans, whose photographs appear.]" [Shepstone’s caption]

A half-length portrait of Lotyang Lotaperemoi, Chief of Thugoro. The older Didinga man is wearing a circular hat, a labret and a circular neck ornament. Across his chest is what Driberg annotates as decorative cicatrisation known as 'Lodingoti'. He is wearing an open necked shirt which Driberg annotates as government issued.
In the background is Timan Lomingamoi of Idoto, Chief of Pataldo. [LS 25/07/2023]

Place

E Africa; Uganda; South Sudan; Southern Sudan; Didinga Hills; Thuguro Valley [Ango-Egyptian Sudan]

Cultural Affliation

Didinga

Named Person

Lotyang Lotaparimoi, Chief of Thugoro; 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), p.105. [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"