Landing stage in Nuerland

Landing stage in Nuerland
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.7.10


Accession Number:
2004.130.32954.1
Description:
Supplies of water skins and sacks of grain piled under a large tree near a landing stage, probably next to the Nile. It is unclear whether these goods were being sold to the Nuer by traders.
Photographer:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date of Photo:
1939
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:
Bag , Vessel , ?Trade
Keyword:
Bag , Vessel Skin
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [11/12/2003] Christopher Morton [15/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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