Southern Sudan (Pitt Rivers Museum)

BIO

The Pitt Rivers Museum is a museum displaying the archaeological and anthropological collections of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. The museum is located to the east of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, and can only be accessed through that building.

It was founded in 1884 by Lt-General Augustus Pitt Rivers, who donated his collection to the University of Oxford with the condition that a permanent lecturer in anthropology must be appointed.

The museum features a collection from Southern Sudan. The Museum's holdings from Southern Sudan comprise more than 1300 artefacts and 5000 photographs. Together, the artefacts and photographs provide a major resource for studying the cultural and visual history of the region. The site also provides a map; annotated lists of cultural groups, collectors, photographers, and people portrayed in the photographs; and a set of further resources (relevant literature, websites, and a site bibliography).

There is a collection of recorded music archives from Southern Sudan such as the Zande Circumcision initiative dancing, the Zande song leaders and open huts, Dinka dance gathering, Dinka youth dancing, mandarin youth singing, Dinka dance drummers and so many others.