Portrait of Nuer youths
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Same Image As:
2004.131.71.183
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.2.13
Accession Number:
2004.130.32814.1
Description:
A group of Nuer youths and smaller children in the savannah with cattle visible in the distance.
The youths are wearing single feather hair ornaments, as well as ivory arm ornaments.
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:
Ornament
Keyword:
Ornament Arm , Ornament Hair
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogue (Thesiger album card) - 'VOL E p.
21 WESTERN NUER 1937-39' Note on album page ms pencil - "THE WESTERN NUER" (centre of album page) [Elin Bornemann 24/5/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [10/12/2003] Christopher Morton [15/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
