View of ?Anuak homestead
59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.277
Description:
Looking towards a well-fenced homestead with numerous vertical fence posts that extend upwards, as found among the Anuak communities where Lienhardt carried out fieldwork during 1952-1954.
The entrance through the fence is directly ahead where the fence line overlaps to form an indirect access so that the interior is not visible from the outside.
To the side of the fence are two forked branches where spears can be rested before entry.
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 , Settlement
Keyword:
Fence , Village
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
