River boat on Nile

River boat on Nile
84 x 57 mm (3.25 x 2.25 inch) | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.355.364.2 - Print gelatin silver , (84 x 57 mm (3.25 x 2.25 inch))
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.VIII.33
Previous Other Number:
02 5


Accession Number:
1998.355.364.1
Description:
Looking back towards the river steam boat on which Evans-Pritchard travelled along the Nile, which has stairs to an upper deck. Alongside it is a smaller steam launch called Farashah. The image was taken at Adok, where Evans-Pritchard arrived on 1st October 1936 after making a survey of the Luo of Kenya. He then moved on to spend most of his time among the Leek.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1936 October - November
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Wahda Adok
Group:
Nuer Dok
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Transport , Navigation
Keyword:
Boat
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 VIII, ms ink] - 33. Nile steamer at Adok

Other Information:
The negative contains the top of another image of the same boat, but with a man outside the upper deck door. [Chris Morton 9/7/2004]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [9/7/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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