Nuer youth with bow and arrow

Nuer youth with bow and arrow
58 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.355.465.1 - Negative film nitrate , (58 x 55 mm )
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.X.34
Previous Other Number:
8 (82)


Accession Number:
1998.355.465.2
Description:
A small group of youths sit in the shade of a tree, possibly close to the lake at Faddoi, with a dog in the foreground (often used for hunting). The standing youth has thiau armrings on his left arm and a roughly made bow in his right. Although not known for using such a hunting weapon, this image does suggest the occasional use of it among the Nuer. It is possible that it is here being used in the context of fishing.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1935 - 1936
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Jonglei Faddoi
Group:
Nuer Lou
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Animal Husbandry , Weapon
Keyword:
Animal Dog , Bow
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 X, ms ink] - 34. People & dog

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "8 82 Fadoi" & print front border ms ink - "NUER X/34"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [29/7/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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