Nuer porters with buffalo
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Same Image As:
2004.131.71.230
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.10a.18
Accession Number:
2004.130.36089.1
Description:
Four of Thesiger's Nuer porters, three standing and one sitting with a gun on 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 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 , Weapon , Hunting
Keyword:
Animal Buffalo , Firearm , Spear
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogue (Thesiger album card) - 'VOL E p.
27/Buffalo shot by me.' [Elin Bornemann 24/5/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [11/12/2003] Christopher Morton [21/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
