Nuer man on neck-rest
58 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver
Condition:
Silver sulphide staining right hand side [?EE 1987]
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.XIII.6
Previous Other Number:
83 3
Accession Number:
1998.355.603.2
Description:
A man lies on a skin mat resting his head on a neck-rest, whilst two children sit around him, possibly plucking out the man's pubic hair.
The film number suggests an Eastern Jikany homestead in 1935, possibly at Mancom where Evans-Pritchard spent some 4 weeks.
In the background stands a youth, possibly Evans-Pritchard's servant Tiop.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1935
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile
Group:
Nuer ?Eastern Jikany
NamedPerson:
?Tiop
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Physical Anthropology , Furnishings , Child Care
Keyword:
Headrest
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 XIII, ms ink] - 6. Man on neck-rest
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "83 3" & print front border ms ink - "NUER XIII/6"
Manual Catalogues [index taken from album book XIII, ms ink] - 6. Man on neck-rest
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "83 3" & print front border ms ink - "NUER XIII/6"
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [24/8/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
