Nuer porters with buffalo
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.10a.17
Accession Number:
2004.130.36088.1
Description:
Four of Thesiger's Nuer porters holding spears standing over a buffalo shot by him.
Buffalo was considered by Thesiger one of the Nuer's favourite meats alongside hippo, and the meat from such kills was shared with his many porters.
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:
Fauna
Keyword:
Animal Buffalo
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [11/12/2003] Christopher Morton [21/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
