Portrait of a Shilluk youth
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panchromatic , Negative film Safety
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Sudan etc.1.23
Accession Number:
2004.130.36520.1
Description:
A full length portrait of a Shilluk youth with elaborate coiffure and holding a short stabbing spear.
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 , Weapon
Keyword:
Ornament Head , Ornament Arm , Ornament Neck , Spear
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [12/12/2003] Christopher Morton [22/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
