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:
1998.346.157.2 - Print gelatin silver , (61 x 40 mm)
1998.346.157.2 - Print gelatin silver , (61 x 40 mm)
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.157
Previous Other Number:
16 (94)
Accession Number:
1998.346.157.1
Description:
A group of men standing in a river clearing floating islands of vegetation (sudd) from the river, pushing it to one side.
It is possible that they are building up a pool for trapping fish, a mainly dry season activity during residence at cattle camps, such as on the Sobat River.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1930 - 1936
Region:
[Southern Sudan] ?Upper Nile Sobat River
Group:
Nuer ?Lou
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Physical Anthropology
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)"] - 157. Male types (S.) [small size] (94)
Note on negative ms ink - "94"
Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Nuer Photographs (E-P)"] - 157. Male types (S.) [small size] (94)
Note on negative ms ink - "94"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [19/4/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
