Nuer harpoon fishing
137 x 78 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
1920s circa
Previous PRM Number:
B.4.5.62
Accession Number:
1998.204.5.62
Description:
Several Nuer dug-out canoes on a stretch of water, probably near Nasir, with one man standing at the front using a fishing harpoon, and another steering the canoe at the back.
Photographer:
Charles Kingsley Meek
Date of Photo:
1928 circa
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile Nasir
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:
Fishing , Navigation
Keyword:
Harpoon , Boat Dug-out
Activity:
Fishing
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
