Nuer youth playing harp
58 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.XI.34
Previous Other Number:
40 1
Accession Number:
1998.355.514.2
Description:
A portrait of a youth with ash-covered hair sitting in the awning shade of Evans-Pritchard's tent, playing a harp with a large gourd resonator.
Evans-Pritchard spent about 4 weeks among the Eastern Jikany living at the mouth of the Nyanding River in 1935.
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:
Physical Anthropology , Music , Toilet , Shelter , Furnishings
Keyword:
Musical Instrument String , Hair , Tent
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 XI, ms ink] - 34. Youth and Banjo
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "40 1" & print front border ms ink - "NUER XI/34"
Manual Catalogues [index taken from album book XI, ms ink] - 34. Youth and Banjo
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "40 1" & print front border ms ink - "NUER XI/34"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [3/8/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
