Hunting lion in Nuerland
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Same Image As:
2004.131.71.279
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.1.15
Accession Number:
2004.130.32785.1
Description:
Thesiger's Nuer porters standing with another servant holding a gun, probably Malo, over a shot lion.
Malo was Thesiger's interpreter as well as an enthuastic and skilled shot and accompanied Thesiger on his daily hunts.
Thesiger's horse can also be seen to the left.
Photographer:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date of Photo:
1938
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Wahda
Group:
Nuer
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 , Weapon , Animal Husbandry , Hunting
Keyword:
Animal Lion , Spear , Firearm , Animal Horse
Activity:
Hunting
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogue (Thesiger album card) - 'VOL E p.
34/LION shot by me in the Western Nuer District' [Elin Bornemann 25/5/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [10/12/2003] Christopher Morton [15/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
