Nuer porters

Nuer porters
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.9.16


Accession Number:
2004.130.36035.1
Description:
A portrait of three of Thesiger's Nuer porters with ash-covered hair, holding spears.
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:
Toilet
Keyword:
Hair
Other Information:
Manual Catalogue (Thesiger album card) entry for similar image - 'VOL E p. 23/My porters./Nuer "LUAK" (cattle house).' [Elin Bornemann 24/5/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [11/12/2003] Christopher Morton [21/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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