Nuer man on neck-rest

58 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.355.483.1 - Negative film nitrate , (58 x 55 mm )

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.N.X.70

Previous Other Number:

83 3

Accession Number:

1998.355.483.2

Description:

A man lies on a skin mat resting his head on a neck-rest, whilst two children sit beside him, plucking out his pubic hair. The removal of body hair is a widespread practice among Nilotic groups. The film number suggests an Eastern Jikany homestead in 1935, possibly at Mancom where Evans-Pritchard spent some 4 weeks.

Photographer:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photo:

1935

Region:

[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile

Group:

Nuer ?Eastern Jikany

Publication History:

Research publication - Reproduced (p.44) with the caption 'A Nuer man playing with children.' in Burr, Rachel and Heather Montgomery 'Family, Kinship and Beyond' in Maybin, Janet and Martin Woodhead (eds) Childhoods in Context (Childhood 2) , Chichester: John Wiley and Sons in association with the Open University, pp. 39-70. [Chris Morton 2/9/2004]

PRM Source:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Acquired:

Donated 1966

Other Owners:

E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection

Class:

Physical Anthropology , Furnishings , Child Care

Keyword:

Headrest

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 X, ms ink] - 70. Man on neck-rest

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "83 3" & print front border ms ink - "NUER X/70"

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [30/7/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]