Nuer porters butchering buffalo
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Same Image As:
2004.131.71.228
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.5.8
Accession Number:
2004.130.32897.1
Description:
Thesiger's Nuer porters cutting the trophy head from a buffalo shot by Thesiger.
Buffalo was considered by Thesiger one of the Nuer's favourite meats alongside hippo, and the meat from such kills was shared with his many porters.
Malo and Idris Daud stand to the right.
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
Keyword:
Animal Buffalo
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogue (Thesiger album card) - 'VOL E p.
27/Buffalo shot by me.' [Elin Bornemann 24/5/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [10/12/2003] Christopher Morton [16/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
