Nuer fishing

84 x 57 mm (3.25 x 2.25 inch) | Print gelatin silver

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.355.544.1 - Negative film nitrate , (84 x 57 mm (3.25 x 2.25 inch))

Condition:

very slight Sulphide staining left hand side [7/89 EE]

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.N.XI.96

Previous Other Number:

11 (124)

Accession Number:

1998.355.544.2

Description:

Men on the shore of the lake carrying long harpoons for fishing by wading into the waters and spearing fish, which provide essential dry season nutrition.

Photographer:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photo:

1935 - 1936

Region:

[Southern Sudan] Jonglei Lake Faddoi

Group:

Nuer Lou

PRM Source:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Acquired:

Donated 1966

Other Owners:

E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection

Class:

Fishing

Keyword:

Rivers & Streams , Harpoon

Activity:

Fishing

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] - 95. Fishing in Lake Fadoi

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "11 124 Fadoi" & print front border ms ink - "NUER XI/96"

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [5/8/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]