Portrait of a Nuer youth

Portrait of a Nuer youth
58 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver
Condition:
Silver sulphide staining right hand side [?EE 1987]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.XIII.50
Previous Other Number:
43 1 (A71)


Accession Number:
1998.355.625.2
Description:
A full length portrait of a youth from the rear, his hair straightened and probably tinged red. next to him sits a woman and a child stands close by. To the left can be seen the awning of Evans-Pritchard's tent with a deck chair, and to the right and small stake-walled enclosure, possibly to house Evans-Pritchard's few cattle that he owned during his 1935 fieldwork.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1935 July
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile Sobat River Yakwach
Group:
Nuer Lou
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Physical Anthropology , Shelter
Keyword:
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] - 50. Youth

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "43 1 A71" & print front border ms ink - "NUER XIII/50"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [25/8/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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