Portrait of Nuer men

56 x 54 mm | Print gelatin silver

Condition:

staining [20/11/86 EE]

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.N.II.82

Previous Other Number:

Accession Number:

1998.355.90.2

Description:

A three-quarter length portrait of two men holding clubs, one wearing a long feather from a headband. They have evidently just broken off from a conversation together outside Evans-Pritchard's tent as he photographs them. The location is described as western Nuerland, probably either Nyueny village among the Karlual section of the Leek tribe or Jikul, which is lineage or clan name not associated with one tribal territory, but which was a significant lineage around Nyueny and surrounding villages in Leek country, but also elsewhere such as Western Jikany.

Photographer:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photo:

1936 October - November

Region:

[Southern Sudan] Wahda

Group:

Nuer ?Leek Karlual ?Jikul

PRM Source:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Acquired:

Donated 1966

Other Owners:

E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection

Class:

Physical Anthropology , Ornament , Shelter , Weapon , Body Art

Keyword:

Ornament Head , Club , Body Art Skin

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 II, ms ink] - 82. Youths

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "3 W. Nuer" & print front border ms ink - "NUER II/82"

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [25/5/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]