Janus: W. Powell collection on Africa 1930s

RCS/Y304M-O/Y304N contains:
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163	Didinga girls at Chukudum
164	Didinga girls at Chukudum
165	Didinga girls at Chukudum
166	The Didinga Hills, taken on the way to Murikurum which lies at the north end of the Dongotona Mts [i.e. Mountains]
167	Near Lomeyo. My Lango carriers coming over the Kidepo Plains on the way to Chukudum
168	Getting ready for a death dance at Torit
169	On their way to the dance [at Torit]
170	Getting ready for the dance. Their bodies are covered with wood ash
171	A Latuka and his natumu
172	The man sitting down in the foreground is just about to throw a handful of wood ash over his body
173	A mimic battle warding off evil spirits. Another preliminary to the dance
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W. Powell collection on Africa 1930s

Title	Getting ready for a death dance at Torit
Reference	Y304N/168

Content and context

Showing members of the Latuka Tribe. The caption to the right of the photograph continues: 'This man has painted on his naked person a pair of wood ash trouserings'.

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Part of a series of photographs relating to a death dance at Tori (Y304N/168-181).

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