Group of Nuer porters
137 x 83 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
B.4.5.10
Previous Other Number:
B.S. 224
Accession Number:
1998.204.5.10
Description:
A group of Nuer men, possibly porters, holding spears.
It is possible that these men are being handed payment for portering, with one man being handed something to the left of frame.
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
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
