Painting

MOA: University of British Columbia

3595/49

Painting depicting an abstract figure composed of many lines and geometric shapes. The outer portion of the figure is primarily red and black lines, dots, and u-shaped lines, in addition to purple and white lines and dots. The central portion of the figure is primarily gold, with black, purple, and white lines, dots, ovals, and other abstract shapes. The cloth this painting is on has uneven edges.

  • Narrative

    Collected by Fred Haack in South Sudan. Haack said he spent "a great deal of time in Juba" from 1979-c. 1982, where he acquired 80 Dinka paintings. Haack wrote that the paintings were made by "a young Dinka tribesman who went to a missionary school for a few months and, with no training, put paint to canvas." The artist's name in unknown. Haack gave 70 of the paintings to the Museum of Civilization in 1994. In 1996 he gave the last 10 to the Kelowna Museum (now Okanagan Heritage Museum).


  • Type of Item painting
  • Culture Dinka
  • Measurements height 86.6 cm, width 46.5 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner Fred E. Haack, Okanagan Heritage Museum
  • Received from Okanagan Heritage Museum


  • Collection Date between 1979 and 1982
  • Ownership Date before 1996, before September 14, 2022
  • Acquisition Date on September 14, 2022

  • Item Classes paintings
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3595/0049