Portrait of a man
113 x 84 mm | Negative film Nitrate
Date of Print:
1920s circa
Previous PRM Number:
B.4.5.97
Accession Number:
1998.204.5.97
Description:
A portrait of a possibly Nuer or Dinka man seated on a stool wearing an animal skin, bead neck ornaments, and headgear which seems to be made from basketry, covered with white material.
Photographer:
Charles Kingsley Meek
Date of Photo:
1928 circa
Region:
[Southern Sudan]
Group:
?Nuer ?Dinka
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:
Clothing Headgear , Clothing Skin , Furnishings
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
