Nuer children making sand byres

Nuer children making sand byres
40 x 30 mm | Print 35mm contact
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.156
Previous Other Number:
4


Accession Number:
1998.346.156.2
Description:
Children making sand cattle byres (luak), complete with entrance way and finial on roof, as part of their play. Nuer children are well known for their making of mud oxen, a number of which are found in the Museum's collection, collected by Evans-Pritchard.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
1931 or 1935
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Upper Nile or Jonglei
Group:
Nuer ?Lou
PRM Source:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Acquired:
Donated 1966
Other Owners:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection
Class:
Social Life , Toy & Game
Keyword:
[Building Animals]
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 1966.27.17 S. SUDAN. NUER TRIBE. Box of negatives each in separate envelope, labelled. (some missing). Nos. 1 - 213. (prints in box 1966.27.18)...1966.27.18 S. SUDAN. NUER TRIBE. Box of prints each in separate envelope. Nos. 1 - 213. (negatives in 1966.27.17.)

Manual Catalogues [typewritten, entitled "Nuer Photographs (E-P)"] - 156. Children making sand kraals. (S.) [small size]

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "4
156 "
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [16/4/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
 
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