Portrait of Nuer youths
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.2.12
Accession Number:
2004.130.32813.1
Description:
A group of Nuer children and youths in the savannah with cattle visible in the distance.
One youth has a single feather hair ornament, and another an ivory arm ornament.
Photographer:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date of Photo:
1938
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Wahda
Group:
Nuer ?Western Jikany
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
Keyword:
Ornament Arm , Ornament Hair
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [10/12/2003] Christopher Morton [15/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
