Anuak men preparing harpoons
59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
2005.51.226.2 - Print gelatin silver , (58 x 53 mm)
2005.51.226.2 - Print gelatin silver , (58 x 53 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.226.1
Description:
A group of Anuak men sitting together in a homestead, one smoothing the shaft of a harpoon using a spear blade.
The man sitting next to him is holding a metal harpoon point in his hand.
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:
Weapon , Social Life
Keyword:
Harpoon , Spear
Activity:
Manufacturing
Other Information:
The granary seen in the background of this image is the same one seen in PRM teaching lantern slide [Lienhardt 38] labeled - "Anuak (Sudan): Granary" [CM 22/7/2005]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
