Nuer cattle

56 x 54 mm | Print gelatin silver

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.N.II.96

Previous Other Number:

40 2

Accession Number:

1998.355.97.2

Description:

A herd of cattle moving from right to left showing different markings. An ox to the right facing the camera is exhibiting the training of the left horn over the muzzle (ma gut), a process carried out through cutting away at one side of the horn by Nuer men on their favourite beasts, for aesthetically pleasing effects. This training is mirrored in the male practice of binding the left arm with metal bands called thiau, both of which are often carried out soon after initiation. 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 II, ms ink] - 96. Cattle

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "40 2" & print front border ms ink - "NUER II/96"

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [26/5/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]