Nuer cattle
58 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.X.96
Previous Other Number:
40 2
Accession Number:
1998.355.496.2
Description:
Looking towards several oxen grazing, Evans-Pritchard's shadow in foreground, looking down into Rolleiflex viewer.
The ox to the left and another to the right are exhibiting the training of the left horn over the muzzle (ma gut), a process carried out by Nuer men on their favourite beasts by cutting away at one side of the horn, to create an aesthetically pleasing effect.
The photograph was taken near Mancom village, the home of Evans-Pritchard's servant Tiop, and where he spent some 4 weeks in the middle of 1935 at the mouth of the Nyanding River among the Gaajok tribe.
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
Keyword:
Animal Cattle
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 X, ms ink] - 96. Oxen
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "40 2" & print front border ms ink - "NUER X/96"
Manual Catalogues [index taken from album book X, ms ink] - 96. Oxen
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "40 2" & print front border ms ink - "NUER X/96"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [2/8/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
