Anuak homestead interior
137 x 78 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.204.5.61.1 - Negative film Nitrate , (137 x 83 mm)
1998.204.5.61.1 - Negative film Nitrate , (137 x 83 mm)
Date of Print:
1920s circa
Previous PRM Number:
B.4.5.61
Accession Number:
1998.204.5.61.2
Description:
An Anuak man standing within a homestead courtyard, with gourd vessels and a brush in the foreground.
The homestead consists of a number of thatched huts, interconnected by reed fences to create discrete domestic spaces.
In the background are several notch-carved elongated fence posts, which often denotes the homestead of a village headman in Anuak communities.
Photographer:
Charles Kingsley Meek
Date of Photo:
1928 circa
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile
Group:
Anuak
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:
Shelter , Vessel
Keyword:
Building House , Fence , Vessel Gourd
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
