Nuer clay ox

58 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.355.224.1 - Negative film nitrate , (58 x 55 mm )

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.N.V.52

Previous Other Number:

04 1

Accession Number:

1998.355.224.2

Description:

A clay ox as made by Nuer children, complete with hump, ash markings and pendant horn ornaments, 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] - 52. Clay ox

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "04 1" & print front border ms ink - "NUER V/52"

Recorder:

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