Nuer girl grinding

Nuer girl grinding
55 x 40 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.355.678.1 - Negative film nitrate , (55 x 40 mm )
Condition:
Sulphide staining right hand side [?EE 1987]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.XIV.56
Previous Other Number:
41 2


Accession Number:
1998.355.678.2
Description:
A kneeling girl grinding flour paste on a hardened mud base set at an angle to let the flour fall down onto a leather mat. Next to the grinding board are two large gourd vessels. The location is possibly among the Gaajok at Mancom near the mouth of the Nyanding.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1935
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile Nyanding River (mouth) Mancom
Group:
Nuer ?Eastern Jikany Gaajok
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Domestic Life , Food and Drink , Vessel
Keyword:
Grinder , Vessel Gourd , Mat
Activity:
Grinding
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] - 56. girl grinding

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "41 2" & print front border ms ink - "NUER XIV/56"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [31/8/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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