Portrait of Dinka youth
129 x 80 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
2005.51.75.1 - Negative film nitrate , (59 x 55 mm)
2005.51.75.1 - Negative film nitrate , (59 x 55 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.75.2
Description:
An upper body portrait of a youth (identified as Arthur Poole) wearing a European-style shirt.
He was the son of a British man named Mr.
Wilson, whose Dinka name was lanbar ("tall animal").
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1947 - 1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Warab ?Gogrial
Group:
Dinka
NamedPerson:
Arthur Poole
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Colonial
Primary Documentation:
Inscription - '
Godfrey
94
93 Prints' (on envelope containing prints) [AN 11/04/2006]
Notes on print/mount - 'Arthur Poole Mother: Dinka Father: British - Mr Wilson (Lanbar)'; 'Tall animal in Dinka [arrow indicating the word 'Lanbar' in the previous inscription]' (on reverse of print); '6 036' (printed on reverse of print) [AN 11/04/2006]
Notes on print/mount - 'Arthur Poole Mother: Dinka Father: British - Mr Wilson (Lanbar)'; 'Tall animal in Dinka [arrow indicating the word 'Lanbar' in the previous inscription]' (on reverse of print); '6 036' (printed on reverse of print) [AN 11/04/2006]
Recorder:
Alex Nadin 11/04/2006 [Southern Sudan Project]
