Nuer spirit-shrine

Nuer spirit-shrine
97 x 72 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.346.119.2 - Print gelatin silver , (97 x 72 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.119
Previous Other Number:
A5 (76 1)


Accession Number:
1998.346.119.1
Description:
Riek spirit-shrine posts set in the earth within a courtyard, with a reed fence beyond. A woman is sweeping the area around a pile of small stones placed near the shrine, where ceremonies were held, and a young girl watches her.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1930 - 1936
Region:
[Southern Sudan] ?Wahda Bahr-el-Ghazal Pakur village
Group:
Nuer
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Religion , Ritual , Ritual Object
Keyword:
Shrine
Documentation:
Original catalogue lists in Manuscript Collections. Additional material in related documents files. [CM 27/9/2005]
Primary Documentation:
Accession Book Entry: [p. 98] 1966.27 [1 - 24] G[ift] PROFESSOR E. E. EVANS-PRITCHARD; INST. OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 51 BANBURY RD. OXFORD 1966.27.17 S. SUDAN. NUER TRIBE. Box of negatives each in separate envelope, labelled. (some missing). Nos. 1 - 213. (prints in box 1966.27.18)...1966.27.18 S. SUDAN. NUER TRIBE. Box of prints each in separate envelope. Nos. 1 - 213. (negatives in 1966.27.17.)

Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Nuer Photographs (E-P)"] - 119. Place of ceremony. (L.) [Large size] (A.5)

Note on negative ms ink - "A" & mech. printed "5"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [14/4/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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