?Nuer women outside hut
137 x 83 mm | Negative film Nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
B.4.5.60
Accession Number:
1998.204.5.60
Description:
A group of three women (possibly Nuer) with another sitting behind them smoking a long clay-bowl pipe, sitting outside the entrance to a hut, with extended grass eaves that take rainwater away from the walls.
Standing behind them is a standing man holding a rifle and wearing a turban and djellaba, probably an Arab auxiliary accompanying Meek on his expedition.
Nearby is a shrine-post with small clumps of hair of sacrificed animals attached to it.
Photographer:
Charles Kingsley Meek
Date of Photo:
1928 circa
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile
Group:
?Nuer
Notes:
Only one location is identified in Meek's southern Sudan photographs, on the reverse of 1998.204.11.1 which notes: 'The frail craft I used to cross a khor (river) between Nasser and Gargwang, in December.
This khor is now practically dry.' [CM 2/8/2005]
PRM Source:
Charles Kingsley Meek
Acquired:
1930 circa
Other Owners:
Charles Kingsley Meek Collection
Class:
Shelter , Religion , Weapon
Keyword:
Building House , Shrine , Firearm
Documentation:
1991 correspondence between D. Zeitlyn and C.I. Meek in Related Documents File
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [24/6/2005] [Southern Sudan Project]
Related Collections:
1998.204.11
