Evans-Pritchard's tent in Nuerland

100 x 75 mm | Print gelatin silver

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.N.42

Previous Other Number:

A7 (76 1)

Accession Number:

1998.346.42.2

Description:

The canvas tent used by Evans-Pritchard during his Nuer fieldwork, with a smaller tent beyond for a servant. Next to this smaller tent stand two men, one of whom wearing a white shirt could well be Evans-Pritchard's Atuot servant who accompanied him on his first trip in 1930. The photograph format also suggests that the image was taken during Evans-Pritchard's first fieldwork trip in 1930, and a location for this image of Pakur or Yoinyang. Numerous items within and around the tent give a fascinating insight into everyday life during his Nuer fieldwork, including a paraffin lamp and a pith helmet placed on a tablecloth. Alongside is a glass of milk with a dish placed over it to keep flies off.

Photographer:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photo:

?1930

Region:

[Southern Sudan] ?Wahda Bahr-el-Ghazal Yoinyang or Pakur village

Group:

Nuer

PRM Source:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Acquired:

Donated 1966

Other Owners:

E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection

Class:

Settlement , Shelter , Furniture Dwelling

Keyword:

Tent , Lamp

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)"] - 42. My tent. (L.) [Large size] (A.7)

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "A7 76/1 42 "

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [25/3/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]