Nuer ox
58 x 55 mm | Print gelatin silver
There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.355.381.1 - Negative film nitrate , (58 x 55 mm )
1998.355.381.1 - Negative film nitrate , (58 x 55 mm )
Date of Print:
Unknown
Previous PRM Number:
EP.N.VIII.68
Previous Other Number:
78 2 (298)
Accession Number:
1998.355.381.2
Description:
In the foreground sits a brindled ox with its left horn trained to grow across its muzzle, a deformation called ma gut.
This was carried out by initiated youths on their favourite beast for aesthetically pleasing effect.
In the background a European man (possibly the administrator Frank Corfield) is holding an instrument of some sort towards a tethered cow with long horns.
To the right of the gathered Nuer can be seen a man wearing a body cloth and black neck ornament, bearing a strong resemblance to the youth wearing shorts at a cattle camp in Plate VIIb of The Nuer, described as Lou country.
Photographer:
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photo:
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:
Animal Husbandry , Settlement , Colonial
Keyword:
Building Animals , Animal Cattle
Activity:
Administration
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 VIII, ms ink] - 68. Cattle in kraal
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "78 2 298"
Manual Catalogues [index taken from album book VIII, ms ink] - 68. Cattle in kraal
Note on print reverse ms pencil - "78 2 298"
Other Information:
The man to the right of the group bears a strong resemblance to the youth wearing shorts in 1998.346.194, which is identified as a cattle camp in Lou territory.
[Chris Morton 13/7/2004]
Recorder:
Christopher Morton [13/7/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
