Hunting Eland in Nuerland
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.1.10
Accession Number:
2004.130.32780.1
Description:
One of Thesiger's porters holding the trophy head of a Giant Eland.
This could be his interpeter Malo who was also an enthuastic and skilled shot and accompanied Thesiger on his daily hunts.
Big game hunting formed a significant element of Thesiger's activities in Western Nuerland, and he later acknowledged that it facilitated his acceptance by the Nuer, and provided nutrition for his porters.
Photographer:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date of Photo:
1938
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Wahda
Group:
?Nuer Western Jikany
NamedPerson:
?Malo
PRM Source:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Acquired:
Accepted as Art in Lieu of Inheritance Tax by H.M. Government and allocated to the Pitt Rivers Museum, March 2004
Other Owners:
n/a
Class:
Fauna , Hunting
Keyword:
Animal Antelope
Other Information:
From a similar image: 'VOL E p.
37/SOUTHERN SUDAN/bottom.
Giant eland' Note on album page ms pencil - " 'GIANT ELAND' [Elin Bornemann 25/5/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [10/12/2003] Christopher Morton [15/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
