Landing stage in Nuerland
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.7.11
Accession Number:
2004.130.32955.1
Description:
People gathered at a landing stage, with supplies of water skins and sacks of grain piled under a large tree nearby.
It is unclear whether these goods were being sold to the Nuer by traders, or being transported on a steamer such as the Kereri upstream.
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
Keyword:
Bag , Vessel Skin
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [11/12/2003] Christopher Morton [15/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
