Meek on foot during expedition
137 x 83 mm | Negative film Nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
B.4.5.73
Accession Number:
1998.204.5.73
Description:
A portrait of Charles Meek (1885-1965) with Sudanese gun carriers and porters, standing amid tall grasses and vegetation during an expedition march.
Meek was both an administrator and anthropologist who spent most of his career in Nigeria.
Photographer:
Unknown, for Charles Kingsley Meek
Date of Photo:
1928 circa
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile
Group:
European English
NamedPerson:
Charles Kingsley Meek
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:
Colonial , Expedition
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
