A Nuer dance

58 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.355.272.1 - Negative film nitrate , (58 x 55 mm )

Condition:

acid migration stain right hand side [5/12/86 EE]

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.N.VI.50

Previous Other Number:

44 (A143)

Accession Number:

1998.355.272.2

Description:

A group of dancing men with spears, one with ash decoration on his legs. Evans-Pritchard noted that in camps such as Yakwach, which he revisited in 1935, dancing occurred nearly every evening.

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 , Social Life , Body Art

Keyword:

Spear , Body Art Paint

Activity:

Dancing

Event:

Dance

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] - 50. Dancing

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "44 2 A143" & print front border ms ink - "NUER VI/50"

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [30/6/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]