Nuer porters at camp
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Same Image As:
2004.131.71.212
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.2.5
Accession Number:
2004.130.32806.1
Description:
Several of Thesiger's Nuer porters standing on a termite mound at a camp during a trek, with a domed shelter covered with assorted cloth to the right and other baggage nearby.
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:
Settlement , Expedition
Keyword:
Camp , Tent
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogue (Thesiger album card) - 'VOL E p.
25/NUER PORTERS' [Elin Bornemann 24/5/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [10/12/2003] Christopher Morton [15/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
