Treating Nuer cow

53 x 47 mm | Print gelatin silver

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.N.XV.10

Previous Other Number:

43 5 (A61)

Accession Number:

1998.355.705.2

Description:

A man holds the tail of a tethered milking cow whilst blowing up its uterus to help it produce milk. This was often done for cows whose calf had died, in combination with a tulchan made from the dead calf's skin placed next to the cow for it to smell. A boy holds the cow's head whilst a woman attempts to milk the cow, since milking by men is forbidden and considered dangerous to their health.

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 , Animal Gear

Keyword:

Animal Cattle

Activity:

Milking

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 XV, ms ink] - 10. blowing into uterus of cow

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "43 5 A61" & print front border ms ink - "NUER XV/"

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [1/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]