Dinka men preparing a skin
59 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
2005.51.135.1 - Negative film nitrate , (59 x 55 mm)
2005.51.135.1 - Negative film nitrate , (59 x 55 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.135.5
Description:
Three Dinka sitting next to a pegged-out goat skin, one of whom is shaving the hair off it with a metal tool.
Such skins have a wide variety of uses, such as clothing and bags.
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Warab
Group:
Dinka
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Skin Preparation
Activity:
Manufacturing
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogues - Ms ink note on PRM teaching lantern slide [Lienhardt 31] - "Dinka (Sudan): Preparing a skin" [CM 15/7/2005]
Inscription - ' Godfrey 94 93 Prints' (on envelope containing prints) [AN 11/04/2006]
Inscription - ' Godfrey 94 93 Prints' (on envelope containing prints) [AN 11/04/2006]
Recorder:
Alex Nadin 06/04/2006 [Southern Sudan Project]
