Nuer toy clay hut
53 x 41 mm | Print gelatin silver
Condition:
Silver sulphide staining left hand side [?EE 1987]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.XIII.66
Previous Other Number:
64 4 (A179)
Accession Number:
1998.355.633.2
Description:
A clay mud hut with an extended porch entrance opening characteristic of some Nuer sleeping huts, made by children for use in their play.
Near to the hut are some smaller models, one of which to the left may be a standing figure.
In the foreground may be a modelled buor or firescreen with three 'humps' on top.
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:
Toy & Game , [Shelter]
Keyword:
Toy , [Building House]
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] - 66. (clay) mud hut (toy)
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "64 4 A179" & print front border ms ink - "NUER XIII/66"
Manual Catalogues [index taken from album book XIII, ms ink] - 66. (clay) mud hut (toy)
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "64 4 A179" & print front border ms ink - "NUER XIII/66"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [26/8/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
