Nuer drums
84 x 57 mm (3.25 x 2.25 inch) | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.VII.60
Previous Other Number:
64 (A181)
Accession Number:
1998.355.327.2
Description:
A pair of hide-covered wooden drums, one long and one short, propped aginst a thornwood fence within a homestead.
These drums were played during the dances which took place most evenings in settlements such as Yakwach.
The film number suggests that this was taken at Yakwach village during Evans-Pritchard's brief return visit there in 1935.
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:
Music
Keyword:
Musical Instrument Drum
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 VII, ms ink] - 60. drums
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "64 A181" & print front border ms ink - "NUER VII/60"
Manual Catalogues [index taken from album book VII, ms ink] - 60. drums
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "64 A181" & print front border ms ink - "NUER VII/60"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [5/7/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
