Nuer group performing
137 x 83 mm | Negative film Nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.204.5.55.2 - Print gelatin silver , (136 x 78 mm)
1998.204.5.55.2 - Print gelatin silver , (136 x 78 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
B.4.5.55
Accession Number:
1998.204.5.55.1
Description:
A group of women and girls near the river bank sit in a semi-circle clapping as a girl dances in front of them.
Others, including men, look on from beyond.
Huts of a settlement are visible on the far bank of the river.
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:
Social Life , Dance , Settlement
Keyword:
Village
Activity:
Dancing , Performing
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
