Nuer men with fuelwood
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Same Image As:
2004.131.71.182
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.8.24
Accession Number:
2004.130.32999.1
Description:
A group of Nuer men lined up against a pile of fuelwood, waiting to begin loading the wood onto the steamer Kereri seen in the background.
The Kereri was the mobile district headquarters for colonial officials in Western Nuerland.
Photographer:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date of Photo:
1938 - 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:
Physical Anthropology , Fuel , Navigation
Keyword:
Fuel , Boat
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogue (Thesiger album card) - 'VOL E p.
21 WESTERN NUER 1937-39/top R.
waiting to load wood on the "KERERI" ' Note on album page ms pencil - "THE WESTERN NUER" (centre of album page) [Elin Bornemann 24/5/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [11/12/2003] Christopher Morton [15/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
