Nuer porters landing hippo
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.1.4
Accession Number:
2004.130.32774.1
Description:
Thesiger's Nuer porters dragging a dead hippo.
Big game hunting formed a significant element of Thesiger's activities in Western Nuerland, and he later acknowledged that it facilitated his acceptance by the Nuer, and provided nutrition for his porters.
Photographer:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date of Photo:
1938
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Wahda
Group:
Nuer ?Western Jikany
PRM Source:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Acquired:
Accepted as Art in Lieu of Inheritance Tax by H.M. Government and allocated to the Pitt Rivers Museum, March 2004
Other Owners:
n/a
Class:
Fauna , Hunting
Keyword:
Animal , Animal Hippopotamus
Activity:
Hunting
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [10/12/2003] [Christopher Morton 15/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
