Harvested field in Anuakland
60 x 60 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.342.54.2 - Print gelatin silver , (60 x 60 mm)
1998.342.54.2 - Print gelatin silver , (60 x 60 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.AK.54
Previous Other Number:
6 (70)
Accession Number:
1998.342.54.1
Description:
A cultivated area of savannah near Pochala village with some trees having been cut to provide a large maize or millet field.
The band of plants in the middle ground may indicate a field boundary.
Predominantly agriculturalists, the Anuak clear the fields (often in forest soil) sometime around March and April and sow in May as the rains come on.
Since Evans-Pritchard was in Anuakland during this part of the year only it is likely that this field has just been cleared of vegetation ready for sowing.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1935 March - May
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Jonglei Pochala
Group:
Anuak
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Agriculture and Horticulture , Topography
Keyword:
Crop , Field
Activity:
Soil Preparation , Land Clearing , Sowing
Primary Documentation:
PRM Accession Records - Accession Book Entry [p.
98] 1966.27 [1 - 24] G[ift] PROFESSOR E.
E.
EVANS-PRITCHARD; INST.
OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 51 BANBURY RD.
OXFORD - 1966.27.19 - S.
SUDAN, DARFUNG.
VARIOUS TRIBES.
Box of negatives in envelopes, [1 - 242] & 1966.27.20 - Box of prints of these negatives [refers to object 1966.27.19] [1 - 242], in envelopes.
Note on negative m/s ink - "70"
Note on negative m/s ink - "70"
Other Information:
In The Political System of the Anuak of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (monographs on Social Anthropology no.4, London School of Economics, 1940) page 21-22, E.
E.
Evans-Pritchard notes that 'A rough measurement of the cultivations at the back of the village of Pocala showed that they run without a break for about three quarters of a mile with an average breadth of about 350 yards...Millet is the staple crop in the Sudan and many varieties are cultivated.
The ground is cleared in March and April and sown early in May...
Maize is also sown around homesteads in the villages in April.'[Chris Morton 18/12/2003]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 18/12/2003 [Southern Sudan Project]
