Nuer men clearing sudd

Nuer men clearing sudd
64 x 41 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.346.90.2 - Print gelatin silver , (61 x 40 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.90
Previous Other Number:
16 (97)


Accession Number:
1998.346.90.1
Description:
A group of men standing in on a bank of mud and vegetation in the river, one carrying some harpoons and another resting against a long stick. These men may be clearing floating vegetation from the river (sudd) which exacerbates localized flooding, or constructing an area where fish may be driven and speared.
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:
Fishing , Weapon
Keyword:
?Spear , Harpoon
Activity:
Fishing
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)"] - 90. Male type (S.) [small size] (97)

Note on negative ms ink - "97"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [7/4/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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