Nuer man preparing garden

84 x 57 mm (3.25 x 2.25 inch) | Print gelatin silver

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.355.43.1 - Negative film nitrate , (84 x 57 mm (3.25 x 2.25 inch))

Condition:

Staining right hand side [19/11/86 EE]

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.N.I.86

Previous Other Number:

44 2 (A119)

Accession Number:

1998.355.43.2

Description:

A man preparing the ground perhaps with a hoe-like tool in an area of maize crop. He may be channeling water nearby to irrigate the crops. Cultivation, along with fishing, was considered a subsidiary but necessary activity by the cattle keeping Nuer.

Photographer:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photo:

1935 July

Region:

[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile Sobat River Yakwach

Group:

Nuer Lou

PRM Source:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Acquired:

Donated 1966

Other Owners:

E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection

Class:

Agriculture and Horticulture

Keyword:

Garden , Crop

Activity:

Soil Preparation , Harvesting

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 I, ms ink] - 86. Gardening, Lou

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "44 2 A119" & print front border ms ink - "NUER I/86"

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [21/5/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]