Treating Nuer cow

58 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.355.414.1 - Negative film nitrate , (58 x 55 mm )

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.N.IX.34

Previous Other Number:

43 5 (A60)

Accession Number:

1998.355.414.2

Description:

A man at the rear of the milk cow is blowing up its uterus to help it produce milk, whilst a woman stimulates its udders and a girl holds it head. This procedure was done for cows whose calf had died, often in combination with a tulchan.

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:

Animal Husbandry , Animal Gear

Keyword:

Animal Cattle

Activity:

Milking

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 IX, ms ink] - 34. Milking & holding cow

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "43 5 A60" & print front border ms ink - "NUER IX/34"

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [16/7/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]