Nuer homestead life
137 x 83 mm | Negative film Nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Same Image As:
1998.196.1
Previous PRM Number:
B.4.5.34
Accession Number:
1998.204.5.34
Description:
Children and youths involved in domestic activities within a fenced courtyard.
In the centre a man is cutting up a large fish with a spear-head, and to the right can be seen a water-pipe.
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:
Domestic Life , Food and Drink , Narcotic , Vessel
Keyword:
Pipe , Fish , Vessel Gourd
Activity:
Domestic Activity , Food Preparing
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
