Nuer men clearing sudd
64 x 41 mm | Negative film nitrate
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.346.45.2 - Print gelatin silver , (61 x 40 mm)
1998.346.45.2 - Print gelatin silver , (61 x 40 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.45
Previous Other Number:
16 (95)
Accession Number:
1998.346.45.1
Description:
A group of men standing in a river or lagoon and a spear or harpoon can be seen jutting out of the water in the left foreground, possibly suggesting that some fishing is taking place.
This image is associated with others which show the clearing of floating islands of vegetation (sudd) in the river however.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1930 - 1936
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Wahda Jonglei Upper Nile
Group:
Nuer
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Fishing , Weapon
Keyword:
?Spear , ?Harpoon
Activity:
Fishing
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 1966.27.17 S.
SUDAN.
NUER TRIBE.
Box of negatives each in separate envelope, labelled.
(some missing).
Nos.
1 - 213.
(prints in box 1966.27.18)...1966.27.18 S.
SUDAN.
NUER TRIBE.
Box of prints each in separate envelope.
Nos.
1 - 213.
(negatives in 1966.27.17.)
Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Nuer Photographs (E-P)"] - 45. Male types (S.) [small size] (95)
Note on negative ms ink - "95"
Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Nuer Photographs (E-P)"] - 45. Male types (S.) [small size] (95)
Note on negative ms ink - "95"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [30/3/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
