Portrait of a Shilluk youth
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panchromatic , Negative film Safety
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Sudan etc.1.17
Accession Number:
2004.130.36514.1
Description:
A profile portrait of a seated Shilluk youth wearing feather hair ornaments, ear and arm ornaments.
The characteristic initiation dots along the youths forehead are visible reaching across to the ear.
Photographer:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date of Photo:
1939
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile ?near Malakal
Group:
Shilluk
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:
Ornament
Keyword:
Ornament Head , Ornament Neck , Ornament Arm , Ornament Ear
Other Information:
Manual Catalogue (Thesiger album card) entry for similar image - 'VOL F p.
34/Shilluk' [Elin Bornemann 3/6/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [11/12/2003] Christopher Morton [22/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
