Nuer man
130 x 85 mm | Print gelatin silver
Condition:
Sulphide staining [EE 1989]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.361
Accession Number:
1998.346.361
Description:
A close-up portrait of a seated man, possibly a leopard-skin priest (Kuaar Muon) since he has some cat skin draped over his right shoulder, sitting with his head resting on his hands amid other men in front of Evans-Pritchard's tent.
The leopard-skin priest was a ritual rather than political authority, and acted as arbiter in disputes and in ritual activities such as spirit possession and sacrifice.
The location is noted as Cieng Luony or village of the Lony secondary section of the Thiang primary section of the Gaajak tribe (Eastern Jikany group), probably located near the Nyanding/ Sobat confluence, and taken during the four weeks that Evans-Pritchard spent in this location in 1935.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
?1935
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile Cieng Luony
Group:
Nuer Gaajak
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Ritual , Clothing Skin , Shelter
Keyword:
Tent
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 1966.27.17 S.
SUDAN.
NUER TRIBE.
Box of negatives each in separate envelope, labelled.
(some missing).
Nos.
1 - 213.
(prints in box 1966.27.18)...1966.27.18 S.
SUDAN.
NUER TRIBE.
Box of prints each in separate envelope.
Nos.
1 - 213.
(negatives in 1966.27.17.)
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "Cieng Luony (Thiang) Gaajak"
Notes on card mount ms pencil - "SS Upper RHS & lower RHS"
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "Cieng Luony (Thiang) Gaajak"
Notes on card mount ms pencil - "SS Upper RHS & lower RHS"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [11/5/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
