Nuer dug-out canoes
135 x 82 mm | Negative film Nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Same Image As:
1998.204.11.1
Previous PRM Number:
B.4.5.64
Accession Number:
1998.204.5.64
Description:
Two Nuer dug-out canoes on a river, with three men in each, one paddling and two passengers.
Meek noted that he crossed the river in one of these canoes sometime in December (year unknown), but that some time later it was practically dry.
Photographer:
Charles Kingsley Meek
Date of Photo:
1928 circa
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile Nasir
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:
Navigation , Weapon
Keyword:
Boat Dug-out , Paddle , Spear
Documentation:
1991 correspondence between D. Zeitlyn and C.I. Meek in Related Documents File
Primary Documentation:
Notes on print - A handwritten note on the reverse of [1998.204.11.1] which is the print of the this negative but which had sometime become separated from this group of photographs and catalogued separately, reads: '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]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [24/6/2005] [Southern Sudan Project]
Related Collections:
1998.204.11
