Portrait of a Nuer youth

Portrait of a Nuer youth
58 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.355.418.1 - Negative film nitrate , (58 x 55 mm )
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.IX.42
Previous Other Number:
41 4


Accession Number:
1998.355.418.2
Description:
A head and shoulders portrait of an initiated youth wearing a pullover with zig-zag lines, earrings and a cowrie neck ornament. He seems to be standing on a path beside a large river, almost certainly the Sobat, possibly at Nasir where such clothes would have been available.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1935
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile ?Nasir
Group:
Nuer ?Eastern Jikany Gaajok
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Physical Anthropology , Clothing
Keyword:
Textile , Ornament Neck , Ornament Ear
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] - 42. Youth

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "41 4" & print front border ms ink - "NUER IX/42"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [16/7/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
 
Funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council
Help | About | Bibliography