A Nuer dance
58 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver
Condition:
acid migration stain right hand side [5/12/86 EE]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.VI.46
Previous Other Number:
64 2 (A145)
Accession Number:
1998.355.270.2
Description:
A group of men moving in a group in a dance near Evans-Pritchard's tent (visible in background) at Yakwach cattle camp on the Sobat which Evans-Pritchard revisited in July 1935.
Such events were the main arena for courtship among Nuer youth, and often took the form of mock battles between village groups.
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:
Dance , Weapon , Shelter
Keyword:
Dance Accessory , Spear , 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 1966.27.1-16 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] - 46. Dancing
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "64 2 A145" & print front border ms ink - "NUER VI/46"
Manual Catalogues [index taken from album book VI, ms ink] - 46. Dancing
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "64 2 A145" & print front border ms ink - "NUER VI/46"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [29/6/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
