Nuerland hunting trophies
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.4.24
Accession Number:
2004.130.32889.1
Description:
Thesiger's hunting trophies from his first treks in Western Nuer District, arranged against a wall on the upper deck of the government steamer Kereri.
Thesiger himself stands to the left of the trophies and to the right his Zaghawi servant Idris Daud.
The skewed angle of the photograph indicates an untutored eye, and suggests that Thesiger handed the camera to his interpreter Malo to take this commemorative image.
Photographer:
Malo
Date of Photo:
1938
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Wahda
Group:
Zaghawa European English
NamedPerson:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger, Idris Daud
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:
Hunting , Navigation
Keyword:
Trophy , Boat Ship
Other Information:
Manual Catalogue (Thesiger album card) entry for similar image -'VOL E p.
37/SOUTHERN SUDAN/shot by me Nov 1937-June 1938' Note on album page ms pencil - " 'NOV 1937-JUNE 1938' [Elin Bornemann 25/5/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [10/12/2003] Christopher Morton [16/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
