A Nuer dance

58 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver

Condition:

fading? left hand side [EE 1989]

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.N.XIV.98

Previous Other Number:

44 (A132)

Accession Number:

1998.355.699.2

Description:

A rear view of a group of men standing in dance gear at Yakwach cattle camp on the Sobat which Evans-Pritchard revisited in July 1935. Men with metal-bladed spears have stoppers at the ends to prevent accidental injury, whereas others have hardwood spears. Such events were the main arena for courtship among Nuer youth, and often took the form of mock battles between village groups. The proximity of the tent suggests that this dance was held at the end of the day (see shadows) at the instigation of Evans-Pritchard.

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:

Dance , Weapon

Keyword:

Dance Accessory , Spear

Activity:

Dancing

Event:

Dance

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 XIV, ms ink] - 98. dancing

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "44 A132" & print front border ms ink - "NUER XIV/98"

Other Information:

The same men appear in another image [1998.355.52] which is indexed as Yakwach village. [Chris Morton 31/8/2004]

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [31/8/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]