A Nuer dance

84 x 57 mm (3.25 x 2.25 inch) | Print gelatin silver

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.355.688.1 - Negative film nitrate , (84 x 57 mm (3.25 x 2.25 inch))

Condition:

Sulphide staining right hand side [?EE 1987]

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.N.XIV.76

Previous Other Number:

44 1 (A129)

Accession Number:

1998.355.688.2

Description:

A line of women wearing long fringe skirts with rear tassels dancing, with a line of men in front of them. The location is Yakwach cattle camp on the Sobat River which Evans-Pritchard revisited in July 1935. Frequent dances were the main arena for courtship and socialising among Nuer youth, and often took the form of mock battles between village groups.

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:

Dance , Clothing

Keyword:

Dance Accessory

Activity:

Dancing

Event:

Dance

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] - 76. dancing

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "44 A129" & print front border ms ink - "NUER XIV/76"

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [31/8/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]