Portrait of a Shilluk man
133 x 77 mm | Print gelatin silver
MountDimension:
252 x 194 mm album page
Date of Print:
1920s
Previous PRM Number:
AL.53.34
Previous Other Number:
384
Accession Number:
1998.88.34
Description:
A postcard portrait of Shilluk man holding club and spear with sculpted hair and feather hair ornaments.
Photographer:
George Ronald Storrar
Date of Photo:
before 1927
Region:
[Southern Sudan] ?Upper Nile
Group:
Shilluk
Notes:
The reference on the card to a 'Mr G.
R.
Stozzar' is probably George Ronald Storrar (1877-1959) who served in the Sudan Government Railways from 1905 until 1927, retiring as Chief Engineer at Atbara.
His papers and photographs are held in the Durham University Library Sudan Archive.
[CM 21/12/2005]
PRM Source:
?G. R. Carline
Acquired:
Unknown
Other Owners:
?G. R. Carline
Class:
Weapon , Toilet
Keyword:
Spear , Club , Hair
Primary Documentation:
Notes on postcard - "384 Copyright.
G.N.
Morhig, The English Pharmacy, Khartoum.
A Shilluk (By Mr.
G.
R.
Stozzar)"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 9/8/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
