Nuer storage pots
58 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver
Condition:
Sulphide staining right hand side [?EE 1987]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.XII.98
Previous Other Number:
2
Accession Number:
1998.355.599.2
Description:
Three tall grain storage pots with three legs incorporated at the base standing at the edge of a homestead near a recently harvested garden area.
Cattle were brought back from early dry season grazing to feed on the stalks.
The location is noted as Western Nuerland and relates to Evans-Pritchard's 1936 fieldwork which began in October of that year, soon after the millet harvest.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1936 October - November
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Wahda
Group:
Nuer
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Agriculture and Horticulture , Vessel , Pottery , Storage
Keyword:
Vessel Pottery , Storage Crop , Garden
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 XII, ms ink] - 98. granaries
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "2 W.Nuer" & print front border ms ink - "NUER XII/98"
Manual Catalogues [index taken from album book XII, ms ink] - 98. granaries
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "2 W.Nuer" & print front border ms ink - "NUER XII/98"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [24/8/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
