Two ?Shilluk men
102 x 76 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
B.4.11.13
Accession Number:
1998.204.11.13
Description:
An upper body portrait of two (possibly Shilluk) men with sculpted hair decorated with small beads and one with a feather.
Photographer:
?Charles Kingsley Meek
Date of Photo:
1928 circa
Region:
[Southern Sudan] ?Upper Nile
Group:
Shilluk
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:
Unknown
Acquired:
Unknown
Other Owners:
?Charles Kingsley Meek Collection
Class:
Toilet , Ornament
Keyword:
Hair , Ornament Hair , Ornament Neck
Recorder:
Elizabeth Edwards 4/1/2000 Christopher Morton 12/8/2005 [Sudan Project]
Related Collections:
1998.204.5
