Nuer girls at dance
58 x 57 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
B12.17 [unknown number]
Accession Number:
1998.436.14
Description:
A group of Nuer girls, too young to participate in the dance, watching from the periphery, with bodies oiled with fat and wearing bead strings round neck and waist.
Allen visited Ler for a fortnight after meeting the missionary there, Canon Ewell, on the steamer from Juba.
Photographer:
John E. Allen
Date of Photo:
1951 August
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Wahda Ler
Group:
Nuer
PRM Source:
John E. Allen
Acquired:
Donated
Other Owners:
John E. Allen
Class:
Body Art , Bead
Keyword:
Dance Accessory , Body Art Skin
Event:
Dance
Documentation:
List with captions, essay, correspondence in Related Documents File.
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogue (John E.
Allen 5/7/2005) - "Younger teenagers - next year perhaps, this year we will watch.
Note well-oiled bodies." [CM 11/8/2005]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 11/8/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
