Thesiger with buffalo
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.3.27
Accession Number:
2004.130.32862.1
Description:
Thesiger sitting on a shot buffalo, with Idris Daud just behind him.
The poor framing of the image confirms that he had passed his camera to an inexperienced hand to take the image, in this case probably his interpreter Malo.
Photographer:
?Malo
Date of Photo:
1938
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Wahda
Group:
European English
NamedPerson:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
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 Buffalo
Activity:
Hunting
Other Information:
In The Life of My Choice (Harper Collins 1987), page 272 Thesiger writes that 'When I was in the district I shot a dozen [buffaloes], and also let Idris shoot one, which gave him great satisfaction.' Chris Morton [16/9/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [10/12/2003] Christopher Morton [16/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
