Elephants in Western Nuerland
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Same Image As:
2004.131.71.244
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.8.27
Accession Number:
2004.130.36002.1
Description:
Elephants beside the White Nile in the Sudd, a watery region with floating papyrus and other vegetation.
The photograph was taken from the steamer Kereri on the river.
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
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:
Topography , Fauna
Keyword:
Rivers and Streams , Animal Elephant
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogue (Thesiger album card) - 'VOL E p.
29/top.
Elephant in The Sud photographed from the Kereri.' (on Thesiger's album card) [Elin Bornemann 24/5/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [11/12/2003] Christopher Morton [15/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
