Nuer men clearing sudd

61 x 40 mm | Print gelatin silver

There are records relating to alternative images that we do not have scans for in the database:
1998.346.90.1 - Negative film nitrate , (64 x 41 mm)

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous PRM Number:

EP.N.90

Previous Other Number:

16 (97)

Accession Number:

1998.346.90.2

Description:

A group of men standing in on a bank of mud and vegetation in the river, one carrying some harpoons and another resting against a long stick. These men may be clearing floating vegetation from the river (sudd) which exacerbates localized flooding, or constructing an area where fish may be driven and speared.

Photographer:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photo:

1930 - 1936

Region:

[Southern Sudan] Wahda Jonglei Upper Nile

Group:

Nuer

PRM Source:

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Acquired:

Donated 1966

Other Owners:

E. E. Evans-Pritchard Collection

Class:

Fishing , Weapon

Keyword:

?Spear , Harpoon

Activity:

Fishing

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)"] - 90. Male type (S.) [small size] (97)

Note on print reverse ms pencil - "16 97 90 "

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [7/4/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]