Shilluk Ret's village
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panchromatic , Negative film Safety
Same Image As:
2004.131.72.219
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Sudan etc.7.3
Accession Number:
2004.130.36711.1
Description:
A view of a cluster of huts comprising the homestead of the Shilluk king or Ret, who lived at Fashoda (now Kodok) on the Nile.
The Shilluk Ret was an absolute monarch who held great sway over the Shilluk people's lives.
The defensive mound on which the homestead is placed is possibly related to the tradition of intense royal rivalry to the title of Ret.
Photographer:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date of Photo:
1939
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile Kodok
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:
Settlement , Shelter
Keyword:
Village , Building House
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogue (Thesiger album card) - 'VOL F p.
33/SHILLUK/SHILLUK villages/bottom R.
The RETS village.' [Elin Bornemann 3/6/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [15/12/2003] Christopher Morton [27/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
