Nuer clay oxen

Nuer clay oxen
58 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.355.228.2 - Print gelatin silver , (58 x 55 mm )
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.V.59
Previous Other Number:
43 1 (A63)


Accession Number:
1998.355.228.1
Description:
Four clay oxen as made by Nuer children, complete with large humps, horns and ash decoration, placed on a stool in the open next to a river, possibly at Yakwach on the Sobat River.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1935 July
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile Sobat River Yakwach
Group:
Nuer Lou
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Toy & Game
Keyword:
Toy , [Animal Cattle]
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] - 59. Clay oxen

Note on negative ms ink - "A63"

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