Nuerland Lagoon with hippo
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.11.5
Accession Number:
2004.130.36097.1
Description:
Some of Thesiger's porters surrounding a shot hippo, landed onto the river bank.
Thesiger wrote that the Nuer prized hippopotamus meat for its fat content, and he occasionally shot a hippo to provide his porters with a treat.
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 , Hunting
Keyword:
Animal , Animal Hippopotamus
Activity:
Hunting
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [11/12/2003] Christopher Morton [21/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
