Nuer tulchan
58 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.IX.100
Previous Other Number:
83
Accession Number:
1998.355.447.2
Description:
A man holds the horns and nasal septum of a tethered milking cow whilst another blows 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, visible in the foreground.
This widespread practice among cattle keepers seems to result in the lactation of the calf's mother.
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:
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 IX, ms ink] - 100. tulchan
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "83" & print front border ms ink - "NUER IX/100"
Manual Catalogues [index taken from album book IX, ms ink] - 100. tulchan
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "83" & print front border ms ink - "NUER IX/100"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [27/7/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
