By E. E. Evans-Pritchard
First released in 1940, this research has develop into one of many vintage works in social anthropology. The Nuer of the Southern Sudan are predominantly a pastoral humans and the 1st a part of the e-book describes their lifestyles as herdsmen, fishermen and gardeners. Their financial existence is expounded to the absence of chieftainship and their democratic sentiment.
The moment half o...moreFirst released in 1940, this examine has develop into one of many vintage works in social anthropology. The Nuer of the Southern Sudan are predominantly a pastoral humans and the 1st a part of the publication describes their existence as herdsmen, fishermen and gardeners. Their financial lifestyles is expounded to the absence of chieftainship and their democratic sentiment.
The moment a part of the ebook describes this political process which lacks govt and is with no felony institutions.
Numerous photographs, maps, charts, tables and drawings. absolutely listed and move referenced - a piece of impressive scholarship.
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The herd is thereby reduced to two or three beasts and the next few years are spent in repairing its losses. Every household goes through these alternating periods of poverty and comparative wealth. Marriages and epidemics prevent accumulation of cattle and no disparity in wealth offends the democratic sentiment of the people. When we come to examine the Nuer political system we shall keep in mind that tiU recent years they have probably been cattle, INTEREST IN CATTLE 21 more exclusively pastoral, and more nomadic, than at the present time, and that the dwindling of their herds may partly explain their persistent aggressiveness.
It continues to suck till its dam is again in calf and refuses it. Weaning devices are not as a rule employed, but if the dam suckles when it is pregnant and it is found impracticable to keep it apart from its calf in the pastures they place a ring of thorns round the calf's muzzle (Fig. 6), which allows it to graze but prevents it from sucking, for the thorns prick the dam's udder and she kicks it aside. It will be seen from this account how Nuer solve the herdsman's problem of making cows provide for their masters without depriving their calves of essential nourishment.
When they have formed, the woman pours the milk into a cup-shaped gourd and scoops them out with a mussel shell into another gourd vessel which is hung up in a hut. The whey, mixed with fresh milk, is mainly drunk by women and boys. Every day they add to the supply of curds and now and again stir some ox's urine with them to prevent them from going bad. They may add to the supply for several weeks before the final boiling over a quick fire, which or girl, in front of her, and, raising the gourd, brings : INTEREST IN CATTLE 25 turns the curds, lieth in bor, into solid deep yellow cheese, lieth in car.