Nuer cow
55 x 43 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.355.653.1 - Negative film nitrate , (55 x 43 mm )
1998.355.653.1 - Negative film nitrate , (55 x 43 mm )
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.XIV.6
Previous Other Number:
64 2 (A167)
Accession Number:
1998.355.653.2
Description:
A portrait of a tethered milk cow.
Based upon the film number the location is likely to be Yakwach village on the Sobat river.
In contrast to his two earlier fieldwork visits when photographing cattle was viewed suspiciously by the Nuer, Evans-Pritchard took numerous record images of them during his later field trips.
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:
Animal Husbandry
Keyword:
Animal Cattle
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 XIV, ms ink] - 6. Cow
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "64 2 A167" & print front border ms ink - "NUER XIV/6"
Manual Catalogues [index taken from album book XIV, ms ink] - 6. Cow
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "64 2 A167" & print front border ms ink - "NUER XIV/6"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [26/8/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
