Thesiger with Nuer porters
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Sudan etc.2.9
Accession Number:
2004.130.36545.1
Description:
Thesiger standing with his Nuer porters, one of whom to the left is carrying a rifle, as they prepare to set out on a trek.
Thesiger may have handed Wedderburn-Maxwell the camera to take this image.
Photographer:
Unknown
Date of Photo:
1938
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Wahda
Group:
Nuer
NamedPerson:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
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
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [12/12/2003] Christopher Morton [24/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
