IDNO

LS.140739.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Sudan Borders. 56.LON.6.
Africa, East. Longarim.
Longarim clan head. His hair is dressed in Topotha fashion and his physical features show Topotha admixture. On the top of his head, attached to his hair, is the apparatus into which ostrich feathers are placed for war or for dancing. This apparatus is also woven into the Didinga Temedek and is called Chobechit.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Narim [historically Longarim]; Toposa [historically Topotha]

Named Person

Photographer

Driberg, Jack Herbert

Collector / Expedition

Date

1924

Collection Name

Teaching Slide Collection

Source

Driberg, Jack Herbert

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

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