Nuer dance gathering
135 x 85 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.204.5.2.2 - Print gelatin silver , (135 x 79 mm)
1998.204.5.2.2 - Print gelatin silver , (135 x 79 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
B.4.5.2
Accession Number:
1998.204.5.2.1
Description:
A group of Nuer men at a dance in a village.
Surrounded by a group crouching in a circle around them, a number of men are performing the leaping dance movement (rau), with spears brandished in the right hand.
Dances were more of a feature of rainy-season village life than cattle camps since people had more ready access to other social groups.
They were regular social events, often also accompanying ceremonies such as marriages.
Such events were the main arena for courtship among Nuer youth, and often took the form of mock battles and display between village groups.
Photographer:
Charles Kingsley Meek
Date of Photo:
1928 circa
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile ?Sobat River
Group:
Nuer
Notes:
Only one location is identified in Meek's southern Sudan photographs, on the reverse of 1998.204.11.1 which notes: 'The frail craft I used to cross a khor (river) between Nasser and Gargwang, in December.
This khor is now practically dry.' [CM 2/8/2005]
PRM Source:
Charles Kingsley Meek
Acquired:
1930 circa
Other Owners:
Charles Kingsley Meek Collection
Class:
Dance
Keyword:
Dance Accessory
Activity:
Dancing
Event:
Dance
Documentation:
1991 correspondence between D. Zeitlyn and C.I. Meek in Related Documents File
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [24/6/2005] [Southern Sudan Project]
Related Collections:
1998.204.11
