Nuer porters at camp
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Same Image As:
2004.131.71.198
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.2.6
Accession Number:
2004.130.32807.1
Description:
Thesiger's Nuer porters standing on anf around a termite mound at a camp during a trek, with the skeleton of a domed shelter to the left and other baggage nearby.
On his first four month trek in Western Nuerland, Thesiger employed about thirty porters at a shilling a day, who each carried about forty pounds in weight.
Thesiger conceded that many of the porters were necessary simply to carry food for the others.
Photographer:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date of Photo:
1938
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Wahda
Group:
Nuer
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:
Camp , Building
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogue (Thesiger album card) - 'VOL E p.
23/My porters.' Note on album page ms pencil - "PORTERS" [Elin Bornemann 24/5/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [10/12/2003] Christopher Morton [15/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
