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:
1998.355.434.1 - Negative film nitrate , (58 x 55 mm )
1998.355.434.1 - Negative film nitrate , (58 x 55 mm )
Condition:
Sulphide staining acid migration right hand side [EE 1/87]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.IX.74
Previous Other Number:
43 1 (A73)
Accession Number:
1998.355.434.2
Description:
A clay ox as made by Nuer children, complete with large hump, horns and ash decoration, placed on a stool in the open.
In another image the location is seen as next to a river, possibly the Sobat River at Yakwach village.
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 IX, ms ink] - 74. Clay ox
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "43 1 A73" & print front border ms ink - "NUER IX/74"
Manual Catalogues [index taken from album book IX, ms ink] - 74. Clay ox
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "43 1 A73" & print front border ms ink - "NUER IX/74"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [27/7/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
