?Anuak women

54 x 54 mm | Print gelatin silver

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
2005.51.139.1 - Negative film nitrate , (59 x 55 mm)

Date of Print:

Unknown

Accession Number:

2005.51.139.2

Description:

Two women, possibly Anuak, sitting in a fenced couryard outside a hut, one apparently smoking the butt of a cigarette.

Photographer:

Godfrey Lienhardt

Date of Photo:

1952 - 1954

Region:

[Southern Sudan] ?Jonglei

Group:

?Anuak

Notes:

Biographical Information - Godfrey Lienhardt carried out fieldwork among the Anuak during 1952-1954 as a Research Fellow of the International African Institute, with funding intially provided by UNESCO for the study of African cosmological ideas and social values. He later wrote a two-part article entitled 'Anuak Village Headmen' ( Africa: Journal of the International African Institute . 1957. 27(4). pp.341-355 & 1958. 28(1). pp.23-26. [CM 15/7/2005]

PRM Source:

Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)

Acquired:

Donated 2005

Other Owners:

Godfrey Lienhardt Collection

Class:

Shelter , Narcotic

Keyword:

Building House , Cigarette

Primary Documentation:

Inscription - ' Godfrey - DINKA 150 prints - Black & White (1 photo - coloured)' (on envelope containing prints) [AN 06/04/2006]

Recorder:

Alex Nadin 06/04/2006 [Southern Sudan Project]