Nuer cow

84 x 57 mm (3.25 x 2.25 inch) | Print gelatin silver

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.355.720.1 - Negative film nitrate , (84 x 57 mm (3.25 x 2.25 inch))

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.N.XV.40

Previous Other Number:

22 (231)

Accession Number:

1998.355.720.2

Description:

A portrait of an impressive cow lying on the ground with large upward curving horns (known as wer). Beyond can be seen the lower body of a European colonial official, possibly the DC at Akobo. It is likely that this photo was taken in May 1935 after Evans-Pritchard had completed a survey of the Anuak.

Photographer:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photo:

1935 May

Region:

[Southern Sudan] Jonglei Akobo

Group:

Nuer Lou

PRM Source:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Acquired:

Donated 1966

Other Owners:

E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection

Class:

Animal Husbandry

Keyword:

Animal Cattle

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 XV, ms ink] - 40. ox

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "22 231 Akobo [female symbol] wer boora" & print front border ms ink - "NUER XV/40"

Other Information:

In Nuer Religion (Oxford University Press 1974 [1957] 4), E. E. Evans-Pritchard notes that 'an ox of the kind called wer, which has wide spreading horns and is the most majestic of their beasts.' [Chris Morton 1/9/2004]

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [1/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]