Nuer clay ox

Nuer clay ox
58 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.355.222.2 - Print gelatin silver , (58 x 55 mm )
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.V.47
Previous Other Number:
04 3


Accession Number:
1998.355.222.1
Description:
A clay ox as made by Nuer children, complete with hump and ash markings, placed on a stool with a woven grass perimeter fence as a backdrop. In other images it is clear that this was a courtyard fence at a mission or government property, most likely at Nasir.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1935
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile Nasir
Group:
Nuer
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Toy & Game , Shelter , Colonial , Furnishings
Keyword:
Toy , [Animal Cattle] , Mission
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 1966.27.1-16 S. SUDAN. NUER TRIBE. Sixteen negative albums containing negatives and prints of photographs taken by donor during field-work. All listed in albums. Added Accession Book Entry - [p. 98 in right hand column, in pencil] Catalogue room.

Manual Catalogues [index taken from album book V, ms ink] - 47. Clay ox

Recorder:
Christopher Morton [24/6/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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