Nuer boy

Nuer boy
97 x 72 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.346.48.2 - Print gelatin silver , (97 x 72 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.48
Previous Other Number:
B9 (76 3)


Accession Number:
1998.346.48.1
Description:
A three-quarter length full face portrait of a youth (holding something behind his back?) with ash smeared on his body, typical of dry season life when youths sleep on a layer of ash around a fire in the windbreak. He is wearing ear ornaments and others on his wrists, waist and neck. In the background can be seen a sleeping hut.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1930 - 1936
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Wahda Jonglei Upper Nile
Group:
Nuer
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Ornament , Body Art
Keyword:
Ornament Arm , Ornament Body , Ornament Neck , Ornament Ear
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)"] - 48. Boy. (L.) [Large size] (B.9)

Note on negative ms ink - "B" & mech. printed "9"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [31/3/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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