Nuer homestead near Ler
55 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver , Paper Velox
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.436.5.1 - Negative film nitrate , (58 x 57 mm)
1998.436.5.1 - Negative film nitrate , (58 x 57 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
B5.12.8A [unknown number]
Accession Number:
1998.436.5.2
Description:
A Nuer homestead with a luak (cattle byre) to left and sleeping huts, with tethered cattle and dung laid out to dry in the foreground.
Allen visited Ler for a fortnight after meeting the missionary there, Canon Ewell, on the steamer from Juba.
Photographer:
John E. Allen
Date of Photo:
1951 August
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Wahda Ler
Group:
Nuer
PRM Source:
John E. Allen
Acquired:
Donated
Other Owners:
John E. Allen
Class:
Settlement , Shelter , Animal Husbandry
Keyword:
Village , Building House , Animal Cattle
Documentation:
List with captions, essay, correspondence in Related Documents File.
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogue (John E.
Allen 5/7/2005) - "Cattle dung spread out to dry for fuel - Nuer village near Ler" [CM 11/8/2005]
Notes on print reverse ms ink - "Ler. Women's huts, barn off left. Dung laid out to dry."
Notes on print reverse ms ink - "Ler. Women's huts, barn off left. Dung laid out to dry."
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 11/8/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
