Portrait of a Shilluk youth
   35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panchromatic , Negative film Safety 
     
   
 
 
Same Image As: 
2004.131.72.223 
Previous PRM Number: 
WT.Sudan etc.1.33 
 
Accession Number: 
2004.130.36530.1 
Description: 
A portrait of a youth with huts in the background. 
He is wearing both head and neck ornaments, including what seem to be two Arab leather charm cases. 
The distinctive dotted initiation scars across the forehead are also visible. 
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 , Shelter 
Keyword: 
Ornament Head , Ornament Neck , Building House 
Primary Documentation: 
Manual Catalogue (Thesiger album card) -  'VOL F p. 
34/Shilluk' [Elin Bornemann 3/6/2004]
 
Recorder: 
Elin Bornemann [12/12/2003] Christopher Morton [22/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project] 
  
