Nuer spirit-shrine
97 x 72 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.346.119.1 - Negative film nitrate , (97 x 72 mm)
1998.346.119.1 - Negative film nitrate , (97 x 72 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.119
Previous Other Number:
A5 (76 1)
Accession Number:
1998.346.119.2
Description:
Riek spirit-shrine posts set in the earth within a courtyard, with a reed fence beyond.
A woman is sweeping the area around a pile of small stones placed near the shrine, where ceremonies were held, and a young girl watches her.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1930 - 1936
Region:
[Southern Sudan] ?Wahda Bahr-el-Ghazal Pakur village
Group:
Nuer
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Religion , Ritual , Ritual Object
Keyword:
Shrine
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)"] - 119. Place of ceremony. (L.) [Large size] (A.5)
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "76/1 A5 119 "
Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Nuer Photographs (E-P)"] - 119. Place of ceremony. (L.) [Large size] (A.5)
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "76/1 A5 119 "
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [14/4/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
