Nuer ox
58 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.XV.12
Previous Other Number:
43 1 (A68)
Accession Number:
1998.355.706.2
Description:
A close-up image of an ox with cut marks on the top side of its ears.
This was probably carried out by a youth on his favourite ox for aesthetically pleasing effects.
The byre (luak) of the homestead can be seen beyond, almost certainly at Yakwach camp during Evans-Pritchard's revisit in 1935.
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 , Settlement
Keyword:
Animal Cattle , Cattle Camp
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] - 12. Cow with cut ears
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "43 1 A68" & print front border ms ink - "NUER XV/12"
Manual Catalogues [index taken from album book XV, ms ink] - 12. Cow with cut ears
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "43 1 A68" & print front border ms ink - "NUER XV/12"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [1/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
