Portrait of a Shilluk youth
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panchromatic , Negative film Safety
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Sudan etc.1.34
Accession Number:
2004.130.36531.1
Description:
A portrait of a youth with huts in the background.
He is wearing both head and neck ornaments, including what seem to be two Arab leather charm cases.
The distinctive dotted initiation scars across the forehead are also visible.
A smaller boy can be seen just behind him.
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
Keyword:
Ornament Head , Ornament Neck
Other Information:
Manual Catalogue (Thesiger album card) entry for similar image - 'VOL F p.
34/Shilluk' [Elin Bornemann 3/6/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [12/12/2003] Christopher Morton [22/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
