Nuer men preparing garden
56 x 54 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.II.12
Previous Other Number:
28 2 (A209)
Accession Number:
1998.355.56.2
Description:
A group of at least seven men with wooden hoes sitting chatting and digging in an area of cultivation near to Abwong village on the south bank of the Sobat River, probably preparing the ground for the first sowing of millet and maize.
This fits well with the May-July period in which Evans-Pritchard's 1935 fieldwork was undertaken.
Cultivation, along with fishing, was considered a subsidiary but necessary activity by the cattle keeping Nuer.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1935
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile Sobat River Abwong
Group:
Nuer Lou
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Agriculture and Horticulture , Social Life , Vegetation
Keyword:
Garden
Activity:
Soil Preparation
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 II, ms ink] - 12. Cultivation
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "28 2 A209" & print front border ms ink - "NUER II/12"
Manual Catalogues [index taken from album book II, ms ink] - 12. Cultivation
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "28 2 A209" & print front border ms ink - "NUER II/12"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [24/5/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
