Nuer children
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Same Image As:
2004.131.71.202
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.2.15
Accession Number:
2004.130.32816.1
Description:
Looking towards a homestead's cattle byre (luak) with a number of cattle in the kraal in front of it.
Thesiger was surprised to discover, when he first reached Nuerland, that instead of owning large herds most families owned a dozen or fewer beasts.
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:
Animal Husbandry , Shelter
Keyword:
Animal Cattle , Building Animals
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogue (Thesiger album card) - 'VOL E p.
23/My porters./Nuer "LUAK" (cattle house).' Note on album page ms pencil - "A LUAK" (on album page below print) [Elin Bornemann 24/5/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [10/12/2003] Christopher Morton [15/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
