A Nuer hut
58 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.355.81.2 - Print gelatin silver , (56 x 54 mm )
1998.355.81.2 - Print gelatin silver , (56 x 54 mm )
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.II.63
Previous Other Number:
83 2
Accession Number:
1998.355.81.1
Description:
A hut with step-thatching and an extended thatched entrance porch for shaded sitting.
In the foreground is a post which may be a riek shrine, or may be used for practical purposes - according to Evans-Pritchard it was not possible to distinguish them by sight.
According to the film number the image was probably taken during the four weeks in 1935 Evans-Pritchard spent among the Gaajok at Mancom village at the mouth of the Nyanding River, the home village of his servant Tiop.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1935
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile Nyanding River (mouth) Mancom
Group:
Nuer Eastern Jikany Gaajok
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Shelter , Agriculture and Horticulture , Ritual Object
Keyword:
Building House , Garden , ?Shrine
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 II, ms ink] - 63. hut
Manual Catalogues [index taken from album book II, ms ink] - 63. hut
Other Information:
In Nuer Religion (Oxford University Press 1974 [1957] 235 n.), E.
E.
Evans-Pritchard notes that 'Nuer erect branches for practical purposes as well as for religious reasons, and I do not think it is possible to distinguish between them by sight.' [Chris Morton 25/5/2004]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [25/5/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
