Nuer ox

58 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.355.519.1 - Negative film nitrate , (58 x 55 mm )

Condition:

slight Sulphide staining [7/89 EE]

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.N.XI.44

Previous Other Number:

40 4

Accession Number:

1998.355.519.2

Description:

A portrait of a light coloured ox exhibiting the training of the left horn over the muzzle (ma gut). The training of horns was carried out by intiated men on their favourite beasts to create aesthetically pleasing affects. In contrast to his two earlier fieldwork visits when photographing cattle was viewed suspiciously by the Nuer, Evans-Pritchard took numerous record images of them during his later field trips. The film number of this photograph suggests a location of western Nuerland in 1936.

Photographer:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photo:

1936

Region:

[Southern Sudan] Wahda

Group:

Nuer ?Leek

PRM Source:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Acquired:

Donated 1966

Other Owners:

E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection

Class:

Animal Husbandry

Keyword:

Animal Cattle

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 XI, ms ink] - 44. Ox

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "4 Nuer cow" & print front border ms ink - "NUER XI/44"

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [3/8/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]