Nuer calf and byre
58 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.355.565.1 - Negative film nitrate , (58 x 55 mm )
1998.355.565.1 - Negative film nitrate , (58 x 55 mm )
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.XII.38
Previous Other Number:
43 3 (A50)
Accession Number:
1998.355.565.2
Description:
A calf tethered in a kraal at Yakwach cattle camp with a cattle byre (luak) behind it.
The calf has been ornamented with a necklace of strung vertebrae.
In contrast to his two earlier fieldwork visits when photographing cattle was viewed suspiciously by the Nuer, Evans-Pritchard took numerous record images of them during his later field trips.
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:
Animal Husbandry , Shelter , Ornament
Keyword:
Animal Cattle , Building Animals , Ornament Neck
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 XII, ms ink] - 38. byre & calf
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "43 3 A50" & print front border ms ink - "NUER XII/38"
Manual Catalogues [index taken from album book XII, ms ink] - 38. byre & calf
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "43 3 A50" & print front border ms ink - "NUER XII/38"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [6/8/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
