Nuer woman and youth
137 x 83 mm | Negative film Nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.204.5.36.2 - Print gelatin silver , (136 x 78 mm)
1998.204.5.36.2 - Print gelatin silver , (136 x 78 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
B.4.5.36
Accession Number:
1998.204.5.36.1
Description:
A Nuer woman and youth, probably sitting in the entrance to an expedition tent.
The woman is wearing bead strings around the neck and has lines of dotted cicatrices on her abdomen.
Photographer:
Charles Kingsley Meek
Date of Photo:
1928 circa
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile ?Sobat River
Group:
Nuer
Notes:
Only one location is identified in Meek's southern Sudan photographs, on the reverse of 1998.204.11.1 which notes: 'The frail craft I used to cross a khor (river) between Nasser and Gargwang, in December.
This khor is now practically dry.' [CM 2/8/2005]
PRM Source:
Charles Kingsley Meek
Acquired:
1930 circa
Other Owners:
Charles Kingsley Meek Collection
Class:
Body Art , Ornament , Bead
Keyword:
Body Art Skin , Ornament Neck
Documentation:
1991 correspondence between D. Zeitlyn and C.I. Meek in Related Documents File
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [24/6/2005] [Southern Sudan Project]
Related Collections:
1998.204.11
