Nuer bush firing
58 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.355.269.1 - Negative film nitrate , (58 x 55 mm )
1998.355.269.1 - Negative film nitrate , (58 x 55 mm )
Condition:
stained right hand side [4/12/86 EE]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.VI.44
Previous Other Number:
1
Accession Number:
1998.355.269.2
Description:
A horizon of grass savannah, with smoke rising from grass-firing.
Evans-Pritchard took numerous photographs of vegetation to document changes in the cattle-keeping environment during his fieldwork.
The firing of grass was done to promote new shoots for cattle to eat during the dry season.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1936 October - November
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Wahda
Group:
Nuer Western Jikany
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Topography , Vegetation , Fire
Keyword:
Landscape
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 VI, ms ink] - 44. Savannah country
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "1 W. Nuer" & print front border ms ink - "NUER VI/44"
Manual Catalogues [index taken from album book VI, ms ink] - 44. Savannah country
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "1 W. Nuer" & print front border ms ink - "NUER VI/44"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [29/6/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
