Burnt grasses in Nuerland
100 x 75 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.346.313.2 - Print gelatin silver , (100 x 75 mm)
1998.346.313.2 - Print gelatin silver , (100 x 75 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.313
Previous Other Number:
C10 (76 2)
Accession Number:
1998.346.313.1
Description:
In the foreground is an area of burnt grass clumps, whilst on the horizon can be seen the roofs of nearby homesteads.
The Nuer fired the grasses surrounding villages during the dry season to provide fresh shoots from grass clumps for cattle to graze on.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
?1930
Region:
[Southern Sudan]
Group:
Nuer
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Agriculture and Horticulture , Fire , Settlement
Keyword:
Village
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.)
Note on negative ms ink - "C" & mech. printed "10"
Note on negative ms ink - "C" & mech. printed "10"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [29/4/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
