Nuer girls in beaded aprons
137 x 83 mm | Negative film Nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
B.4.5.39
Accession Number:
1998.204.5.39
Description:
A group of Nuer girls and children sitting in the shade of a tree, two of them standing to show their beadwork aprons.
Beyond them is a hearth and a forked post with a spear leaning against it.
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:
Clothing , Bead , Religion
Keyword:
?Shrine
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
