JUR (DIuR)  , the Dinka name for a tribe of negroes of the upper Nile valley, whose real name is Luoh, or Lwo . They appear to be immigrants, and tradition places their home in the south; they now occupy a district of the Bahr-el-Ghazal between the Bongo and Dinka tribes . Of a reddish black colour, fairer than the Dinka, they are well proportioned, with the hair short . Tattooing is not common, but when found is similar to that of the Dinka; they pierce the ears and nose, and in addition to the ornaments found among the Dinka (q.v.) wear a series of iron rings on the forearm covering it from wrist to elbow . They are mainly agricultural, but hunt and fish to a considerable extent; they are also skilful smiths, smelting their own iron, of which they supply quantities to the Dinka . They are a prosperous tribe and in consequence spinsters are unknown among them . Their chief currency is spears and hoe-blades, and cowrie shells are used in the purchase of wives . Their chief weapons are spears and bows . See G . Schweinfurth, The Heart of Africa: Travels 1868-2871, trans . G . E .

E . Frewer (2nd ed., 1874) ; W .

Junker, Travels in Africa (Eng. ed., 1890-1892) .