Shilluk people have a Reth who is considered a divine king with a royal structure to support his kingship. In the background, the Aturwic. During his trip to Sudan, Elisofon visited the Shilluk people at Fashoda (now Kodok), north of Malakal in the Upper Nile region (now, A`ali an-Nil region). This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from January 8, 1947 to end of June 1947.
Local Numbers:
Negative number Nile 1947 C-10, 23.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "C 3 Shk. Shilluk. Sudan, Fashoda. Anei Kyr, the Reth. Note: scarification of forehead. 5/1947. EE. neg.no. Nile 1947 1947 C-10, 23." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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