Nuer marriage-ox
58 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.X.98
Previous Other Number:
44 3 (A111)
Accession Number:
1998.355.497.2
Description:
A light coloured ox with large horns and tasselled horn ornaments being led by a group of running men at Yakwach on the Sobat River.
Note Evans-Pritchard's tent peg just in frame to the right.
Evans-Pritchard's annotation makes clear that this ox is a marriage-ox, which may well be that one provided by the bride's father during the marriage ceremonies for the groom's family, the meat being taken back to the groom's people who have not been able to attend the wedding.
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:
Animal Husbandry , Animal Gear , Ritual
Keyword:
Animal Cattle
Event:
Marriage
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] - 98. Marriage-ox
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "44 3 A111" & print front border ms ink - "NUER X/98"
Manual Catalogues [index taken from album book X, ms ink] - 98. Marriage-ox
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "44 3 A111" & print front border ms ink - "NUER X/98"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [2/8/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
