Portrait of a Shilluk youth
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panchromatic , Negative film Safety
Same Image As:
2004.131.72.224
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Sudan etc.1.18
Accession Number:
2004.130.36515.1
Description:
A profile portrait of a seated Shilluk youth wearing a feather head ornament, arm and neck ornaments, and two large spears resting over his shoulder.
The characteristic initiation dots along the youths forehead are visible reaching across to the ear.
Photographer:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date of Photo:
1939
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile ?near Malakal
Group:
Shilluk
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:
Ornament , Weapon
Keyword:
Ornament Head , Ornament Neck , Ornament Hair , Spear
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogue (Thesiger album card) - 'VOL F p.
34/Shilluk' [Elin Bornemann 3/6/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [11/12/2003] Christopher Morton [22/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
