Nuer youth with bow and arrow

58 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.355.465.1 - Negative film nitrate , (58 x 55 mm )

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.N.X.34

Previous Other Number:

8 (82)

Accession Number:

1998.355.465.2

Description:

A small group of youths sit in the shade of a tree, possibly close to the lake at Faddoi, with a dog in the foreground (often used for hunting). The standing youth has thiau armrings on his left arm and a roughly made bow in his right. Although not known for using such a hunting weapon, this image does suggest the occasional use of it among the Nuer. It is possible that it is here being used in the context of fishing.

Photographer:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photo:

1935 - 1936

Region:

[Southern Sudan] Jonglei Faddoi

Group:

Nuer Lou

PRM Source:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Acquired:

Donated 1966

Other Owners:

E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection

Class:

Animal Husbandry , Weapon

Keyword:

Animal Dog , Bow

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] - 34. People & dog

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "8 82 Fadoi" & print front border ms ink - "NUER X/34"

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [29/7/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]