Nuer dancing
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.8a.27
Accession Number:
2004.130.36005.1
Description:
A line of Nuer youths dancing with clubs and spears.
Dances were common features of everyday life in Nuer villages where youths of differing settlements got together in mock combat and to meet members of the opposite sex.
Photographer:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date of Photo:
1938 - 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:
Dance Accessory , Club
Activity:
Dancing
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [11/12/2003] Christopher Morton [15/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
