Nuer dug-out boats
135 x 82 mm | Negative film Nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
B.4.5.63
Accession Number:
1998.204.5.63
Description:
Two Nuer dug-out canoes at the riverbank with men paddling at the rear.
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:
Navigation
Keyword:
Boat Dug-out , Paddle
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
