A Nuer dance
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.7.4
Accession Number:
2004.130.32948.1
Description:
A close view of a crowd of people with hands raised at a dry season cattle camp dance.
Photographer:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date of Photo:
1938
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:
Weapon , Dance
Keyword:
Shield , Spear
Activity:
Dancing
Other Information:
Manual Catalogue (Thesiger album card) entry for similar image - 'VOL E p.
25/NUER PORTERS' [Elin Bornemann 24/5/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [11/12/2003] Christopher Morton [15/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
