Nuer mock combat at dance

Nuer mock combat at dance
56 x 54 mm | Print gelatin silver
Condition:
slight staining right hand side 19/11/86 EE
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.I.58
Previous Other Number:
02 6


Accession Number:
1998.355.29.2
Description:
A large group at a dance with two youths in the foreground 'duelling' with spears locked together in mock combat, one with a half-shaved head. This sort of war play was a common feature of such dance gatherings where initiated youths of differing villages faced each other in mock running battles as a show of group prowess. Dances were also significant occasions for courtship.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1936 October - November
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Wahda
Group:
Nuer Western Jikany Jikul
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Dance , Weapon , Social Life , Toilet
Keyword:
Dance Accessory , Spear , Hair
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 I, ms ink] - 58. Dancing - W. Nuer

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "02 6 W. Jikany" & print front border ms ink - "NUER I/58"

Other Information:
Other photographs, also depicting a dance, with the film number 02 are identified as Jikul clan, a significant lineage of the Western Jikany, as well as the Karlual (Leek). [Chris Morton 20/5/2004]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [19/5/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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