Hunting elephant in Nuerland
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Sudan etc.2.24
Accession Number:
2004.130.36560.1
Description:
A close image of Nuer porters cutting up an elephant shot by Thesiger with their spearheads.
The animal's huge intestines are visible in the foreground.
Big game hunting formed a significant element of Thesiger's activities in Western Nuerland, and he later acknowledged that it facilitated his acceptance by the Nuer, and provided nutrition for his porters, who called themselves 'Kwechuor's men' after his ox-name.
Photographer:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date of Photo:
1938
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:
Food and Drink
Keyword:
Meat
Activity:
Butchery
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogue (Thesiger album card) - 'VOL E p.
28/Elephant shot by me./Nuer cutting up elephant.' [Elin Bornemann 24/5/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [12/12/2003] Christopher Morton [15/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
