Nuer porters on march
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Same Image As:
2004.131.71.201
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.1.20
Accession Number:
2004.130.32790.1
Description:
Thesiger's porters gathered together looking towards baggage being laid out on the ground, including tent poles.
One porter in the foreground has a headrest slung on his back.
On his first four month trek in Western Nuerland, Thesiger employed about thirty porters at a shilling a day, who each carried about forty pounds in weight.
Thesiger conceded that many of the porters were necessary simply to carry food for the others.
Photographer:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date of Photo:
1938
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Wahda
Group:
Nuer ?Western Jikany
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:
Expedition , Furnishings
Keyword:
Headrest
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogue (Thesiger album card) - 'VOL E p.
23/My porters./Nuer "LUAK" (cattle house).' Note on album page ms pencil - "MY PORTERS" [Elin Bornemann 24/5/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [10/12/2003] Christopher Morton [15/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
