Shot hippo in Nuerland
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Same Image As:
2004.131.71.222
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.11.6
Accession Number:
2004.130.36098.1
Description:
Some of Thesiger's porters surrounding a shot hippo, landed onto the river bank.
Both his interpreter Malo (left) and his Zaghawi servant Idris (right) are triumphantly standing on the dead animal.
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
NamedPerson:
Idris Daud, Malo
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 Hippopotamus
Activity:
Hunting
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogue (Thesiger album card) - 'VOL E p.
26/top R.
dead hippo' [Elin Bornemann 24/5/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [11/12/2003] Christopher Morton [21/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
