Wedderburn with Nile Perch
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.10a.16
Accession Number:
2004.130.36087.1
Description:
Nuer porters standing next to Thesiger with two large Nile perch caught by H.G.
Wedderburn-Maxwell, the District Commissioner.
In the background is the Kereri, the steamer used as the floating headquarters for the administration, as well as a large woodfuel pile.
Thesiger later wrote that although Wedderburn was 'no great conversationalist, he was enthusiastic on the subject of fishing...'
Photographer:
Unknown
Date of Photo:
1938 - 1939
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Wahda
NamedPerson:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
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:
Fishing , Colonial , Navigation , Fuel
Keyword:
Fish , Boat , Fuel
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [11/12/2003] Christopher Morton [21/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
