Portrait of a Nuer youth

Portrait of a Nuer youth
55 x 40 mm | Print gelatin silver
Condition:
Sulphide staining right hand side [?EE 1987]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.XIII.44
Previous Other Number:
41 2


Accession Number:
1998.355.622.2
Description:
A three-quarter length portrait of a youth with ash-plastered hair, with a hut and small tent visible beyond him. The tent is possibly a storage tent for Evans-Pritchard's supplies, since boxes are visible within.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1935
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile ?Nyanding River (mouth)
Group:
Nuer ?Eastern Jikany Gaajok
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Physical Anthropology , Toilet , Shelter
Keyword:
Hair , Building House , Tent
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 XIII, ms ink] - 44. Youth

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "41 2" & print front border ms ink - "NUER XIII/44"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [25/8/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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