Nuer dancing

Nuer dancing
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.6.22


Accession Number:
2004.130.32936.1
Description:
Two ash covered youths carrying spears and ambatch shields rush past in the foreground, with numerous other youths gathered nearby next to a windbreak at a cattle camp. A youth wearing thiau armrings on his right arm is also visible.
Photographer:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date of Photo:
1939
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Wahda
Group:
Nuer
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:
Dance , Weapon
Keyword:
Spear
Activity:
Dancing
Other Information:
Manual Catalogue (Thesiger album card) entry for similar image - 'VOL E p. 32/NUER dancing' Note on album page ms pencil - "'NUER' (centre of album page) [Elin Bornemann 24/5/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [10/12/2003] Christopher Morton [15/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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