Idris Daud with buffalo
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.5.4
Accession Number:
2004.130.32893.1
Description:
Two Nuer porters standing next to Idris Daud, Thesiger's Zaghawi servant, sitting on a shot buffalo holding two guns.
Thesiger wrote that he let Idris shoot a buffalo himself once, but this animal is later noted as having been shot by Thesiger himself.
Photographer:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date of Photo:
1938
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Wahda
Group:
Zaghawa
NamedPerson:
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:
Fauna , Hunting
Keyword:
Animal Buffalo
Activity:
Hunting
Other Information:
In The Life of My Choice (Harper Collins 1987), page 272 Thesiger writes that 'When I was in the district I shot a dozen [buffaloes], and also let Idris shoot one, which gave him great satisfaction.' Chris Morton [16/9/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [10/12/2003] Christopher Morton [16/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
